Is my TAG Heuer Authentic? All questions here please

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Well, at least I would trust Amazon more then any third party seller 😁
Maybe they get better discount because they're a big player, who knows .. direct contact to the manufacturer.. can't imagine Amazon really still search to buy small leftovers somewhere from a grey market..
Amazon are not an authorized dealer
 
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Hi there,

I’m new on this forum and I have a question about a recent bought Tag Heuer watch or not…?!

First of all I must admit that there were no papers available. In the past I’ve bought a couple of other second hand Tag Heuer watches without available papers and they were proven real.

Now I recently bought the watch as mentioned in the subject. I already own a Kirium Ti5 and the Kirium F1 Chronograph very much looks the same (case, rubber bracelet). The functions seems to work according the official manual, I downloaded from the internet. However I ‘m afraid it is a replica and I very much like to know if that’s the case.

I will post some pictures and maybe someone can see or tell where to look at, to conclude it’s real or fake…?!

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It's real. Good fake Kiriums are extremely rare and this is a much harder model to fake than most.
 
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Amazon are not an authorized dealer
lol can you imagine? Amazon becoming an authorized dealer? I've been out of the game for awhile, so I don't know if manufactures still sell off stock to grey market dealers, but maybe they could do something like that?
 
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Thanks for your speedy reply! There are 3 things I’m not certain of:

the following texts on the back of the case, water resistant 200 m / sapphire crystal, are not edged in the case

the dial lighting function doesn’t work

there’s a smokers smell on the watch, does a real watch absorb such a smell?
 
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The back is different to mine, but looks okay - mine has 'Official Timekeeper of the F1 World Championship' but some of these don't have that on them. When you say 'edged' in, are you saying it's stuck on?
Light could be broken.. rubber strap can absorb smells.
 
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lol can you imagine? Amazon becoming an authorized dealer? I've been out of the game for awhile, so I don't know if manufactures still sell off stock to grey market dealers, but maybe they could do something like that?
More likely ADs dumping stock to Amazon rather than direct from TAG, but who knows.
 
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More likely ADs dumping stock to Amazon rather than direct from TAG, but who knows.
I don't think that would work for amazon tho. Only for smaller sellers. Amazon would need a lot of stock, and dealers dumping stock, is typically in smaller numbers. Unless they REALLY messed up that year. Gotta dump stock tho, to get new stock. I never understood how that works. It's not like the manufactures can't see you didn't actually sell the watch, seeing as how no one registered the serial number at any point. I really want to know how that works. When I worked at the place my dad worked at ( I was 17), they got the stock direct from manufacturers, and my dad was told to scratch off the serial numbers so it can never be traced back to them. But I think they also worked with Mayors. Like I said, been out of the game for awhile and have no idea how any of it works anymore. Got kicked off ebay after investing a ton of money into Tag watches, and it bankrupted me and I never got back into selling high end watches again.


Man, this is giving me flash backs when I started to sell watches on amazon ( non high end), and every week they'd say " ok, you can't sell that brand anymore. We are selling it now" or " the brand is now selling it themselves", until I had nothing left I could sell on there. And of course only amazon can sell used watches.
 
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The back is different to mine, but looks okay - mine has 'Official Timekeeper of the F1 World Championship' but some of these don't have that on them. When you say 'edged' in, are you saying it's stuck on?
Light could be broken.. rubber strap can absorb smells.
 
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When I touch the text with my finger it feels like it’s engraved. They made the letters black afterwards, so it looks like some kind of sticker.

Are there any other characteristics that can help to proof the watch is real?
 
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Not really, what you have to remember is that this watch is around twenty years old and fakes twenty years ago were pretty bad. The Kirium is one of the least faked watches, partly perhaps because the bracelet is difficult and expensive to make (every link is curved). As much as anyone can from a photo I can assure you this is not fake.
 
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I paid not too much money (€350). The advertiser promised to send it including the original box, which he didn’t (he promised to send it afterwards). What about the serial number? The watch has a code with 2 letters and 4 digits. The serie number is CL111A-0. Is this (‘-0’) correct?
 
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Nevertheless the watch dates about 20 years ago, this is what worries me: http://www.watchesyoga.io/tag-heuer...atch-cl111aft6000-replica-watches-p-9371.html

Okay, here's the thing. That is a photo of a genuine CL111A, there's no way you are getting something that looks even close for £139.

So there's maybe something that will put your mind at rest, is there a tiny lume pip at the 12 and 6. So small you probably didn't even notice it was there? Because no one would bother faking that.
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Also the clasp and strap look genuine to me.
 
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I paid not too much money (€350). The advertiser promised to send it including the original box, which he didn’t (he promised to send it afterwards). What about the serial number? The watch has a code with 2 letters and 4 digits. The serie number is CL111A-0. Is this (‘-0’) correct?

I think the '0' signifies the change of caseback maybe? When they stopped having the F1 World Championship text?
 
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Another point in its favour, the backplate lugs are in the correct positions relative to the back text.
 
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