Is my TAG Heuer Authentic? All questions here please

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Open the back, check if the movement is silver or golden !!
Silver = Def fake.
 
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Hello all,
I wonder if you could tell me if these are the real deal?
I see them at around € 1000 for complete sets and am in doubt if they can be legit.
All info is welcome.
Thanks in advance!

Doesn't look worth 1000 Euro to me!
 
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JAH JAH
Open the back, check if the movement is silver or golden !!
Silver = Def fake.
Unfortunately, I am not in the position to open it up... ☹️
 
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New and unused with no box. Sure. Good to see no one is falling for this even at this price.
 
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Can you tell if this Formula 1 is a fake?

I can't seem to find TAG's serial number lookup site to see the history of the watch.


 
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Bonjour,
Je suis nouveau, amateur de montres mécaniques et j'ai trouvé ce matin cette montre en vide-grenier.
C'est une montre à quartz mais comme c'était une Tag Heuer, je me suis laissé tenter.
C'est un modèle vintage, qui a vécu, elle ne fonctionne pas (la pile ?), pour le reste elle semble fonctionnelle.
Ma question est donc de savoir si c'est une copie ancienne ou si elle est authentique.
Merci d'avance de vos avis éclairés.
Cordialement
Gérard
 
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^Last post by @Pierre23 moved to this specific thread about authenticity

Pierre, I think it looks legit. Just the outer bezel is missing. Just compare it with this other TAG Heuer Pilot 230.006
 
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Merci Albert pour votre réponse.
Je la pensais également authentique, entre autre parce qu'il y a dans l'intérieur du couvercle plusieurs
mentions qu'un faussaire n'aurait pas reproduit puisque non visibles, voici ces mentions:
De haut en bas: le dessin stylisé d'un sapin avec dessous les lettres ADB
 
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Pardon la suite: HEUER LEONIDAS SA
Acier Inoxydable
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L 01

Sur le mouvement quartz, je lis: SWISS CAL 185 twenty 20 jewels Unadjusted
 
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Pour en finir avec ce calibre, je viens de trouver de quoi il s'agit.
C'est un calibre ETA 555 232.
 
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I was implying that it was not.
Is there a way for a newby like me to find out what makes it a fake compared to the real deal?
 
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Is there a way for a newby like me to find out what makes it a fake compared to the real deal?
Not really. It's a combination of experience and following this thread for years, which I guess you could also call experience...
 
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I have purchased a watch on Chrono24 who raves about only selling verified items.
Long story short, I have received the watch and am doubting its legitimacy. I see you have plenty of experience and am hoping you could please assist.

The case looks great, good weight & solid. There is a hair/fibre beneath the glass. I also noticed the luminous marking at 12 o'clock is not centered to which the response of the seller was that it is bulging due to the aging.
The movement, 955.112 does not have the "TAG HEUER 1.90" branding on it as I have seen on other photos and not writing on the inside of the rear case.
Outside of the rear case looks legit & "980.13N" stamped.

I am not convinced it this watch is authentic or a good legitimate purchase. Please see the photos attached.

 
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No expert on these models, but that aged tritium is pretty hard to fake. I don't see any obvious issues with the watch. It's possible it had a replacement movement at some point I suppose, and the hair would simply indicate that someone has opened the front of the watch at some point.
 
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Do you not think those hands are a bit too perfect Charlie? Looks more like fauxtina than real patina to me.
 
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It's possible they were relumed I guess. But it can be normal for the lume colour of the hands not to match the dial. The actual metalwork of the hands looks genuinely aged, however. And doubling down on the dial - those tritium lume plots are definitely the real deal. Perfectly normal for a 1980s watch to not get them bang in the middle either.
 
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Well, as we know, TAG can't even tell a real one from a fake one so there's not much point sending it to them...