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Is my TAG Heuer Authentic? All questions here please
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Snowy
·I pride myself on knowing a certain amount about TAG Heuer, but I have recently come across a fair number of elaborate fakes that even I cannot tell from the real one.
The one pictured here is supposed to be a fake, can you spot it?
I believe the calendar magnifiers are different, but otherwise I don't know what distinguishes them from fakes.
The one pictured here is supposed to be a fake, can you spot it?
I believe the calendar magnifiers are different, but otherwise I don't know what distinguishes them from fakes.
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Jim Dollares
·I pride myself on knowing a certain amount about TAG Heuer, but I have recently come across a fair number of elaborate fakes that even I cannot tell from the real one.
The one pictured here is supposed to be a fake, can you spot it?
I believe the calendar magnifiers are different, but otherwise I don't know what distinguishes them from fakes.
(photos from reviews by Monochrome and ABTW)
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Mspeedster
·I pride myself on knowing a certain amount about TAG Heuer, but I have recently come across a fair number of elaborate fakes that even I cannot tell from the real one.
The one pictured here is supposed to be a fake, can you spot it?
I believe the calendar magnifiers are different, but otherwise I don't know what distinguishes them from fakes.
Then the finish doesn't look right either. Doesn't have the same sandblasted look and sheen as the real one.
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Snowy
·Hey brobeans, I know that WAY fakes are getting close to impossible to tell these days. The Bamford in the photos you posted is very easy to tell in my opinion, the finishing of the material is clearly not correct, looks too smooth. The genuine WAY208F has a kind of sparkling sand blasted finish, it should look like this:
(photos from reviews by Monochrome and ABTW)
I just found it difficult to tell them apart when seen alone.
If the seller says the box is lost, it will pass, and the serial number is hidden, but when I contacted the seller of this fake, he gave me the actual serial number.
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Anthony.
·Indeed, the surface finishes are very different.
I just found it difficult to tell them apart when seen alone.
If the seller says the box is lost, it will pass, and the serial number is hidden, but when I contacted the seller of this fake, he gave me the actual serial number.
You should send George a message on Instagram and show him. I'm sure he will respond with his opinion.
After all it is his watch and what better person to give you a definitive answer?
Good luck @Snowy
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Jim Dollares
·Indeed, the surface finishes are very different.
I just found it difficult to tell them apart when seen alone.
If the seller says the box is lost, it will pass, and the serial number is hidden, but when I contacted the seller of this fake, he gave me the actual serial number.
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Jim Dollares
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Anthony.
·I had no idea he is famous outside of THF 😲
Who else do you know with a private Tag Heuer Museum?
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Yago
·If only these were 40mm... There's a new one from the UK on C24 for 2500 euro. Steal
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Turpinr
·Hey brobeans, I know that WAY fakes are getting close to impossible to tell these days. The Bamford in the photos you posted is very easy to tell in my opinion, the finishing of the material is clearly not correct, looks too smooth. The genuine WAY208F has a kind of sparkling sand blasted finish, it should look like this:
(photos from reviews by Monochrome and ABTW)
I've done a fair bit of shot blasting from my 45 years in engineering but hadn't noticed that.
Sometimes fake Aquaracer case backs are badly finished and have a plucked appearance when the tool's tip should've been changed.
Stainless steel is very unforgiven of poorly maintained tooling.
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Jim Dollares
·Steal
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husain badri
·Hi everyone I really need some expert help and advice please I just bought this tag Aquaracer WAY211A from eBay seller closer 0924 (Japanese seller) and it just came in the mail doesn’t come with box and papers so I wanted to make sure it’s real I opened the back but couldn’t tell if it’s real or not here are the pictures anf serial number can also be visible if that helps authenticating it also I inputted the serial number on tags warranty website and my watch popped up so idk if that’s good or not but either I wanted to make sure the movement is authenticated please help
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/co...urce=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/co...urce=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
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Mspeedster
·Indeed, the surface finishes are very different.
I just found it difficult to tell them apart when seen alone.
If the seller says the box is lost, it will pass, and the serial number is hidden, but when I contacted the seller of this fake, he gave me the actual serial number.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cojlm28tzDz/
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Albert-AMG
··TAG Heuer Forums Moderator^ Post by @husain badri moved to this specific thread for this kind of questions. Welcome to the forum 👍
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Pavlo
·Hello, I have a question to knowledge peoples. I am interested in used WAZ1112.BA0875. I found a many of items on sale, but the serial number located in a different places, I found on the back cover in center or on the edge of back. Where is the serial number must be located for this model in the authentic one, approximate 2018-2020 years of manufacturing.
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