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#2 · (Edited)
Hello Schirra,
I believe you will find that Casio's are made all over the globe. Member Casionerd actually talks about a classic dw5x000 model made for the pakistan army.

I think for a while Korea was where a lot of g-shocks came from (from memory the example on Sjors site? we all know what my memory is like;-) :-D ). To be expected once that nation comes into it's own economically, it becomes "economically/politically" prudent to move elsewhere.

To answer your question. No it's not a fake.:gold

Casio's are made in Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia ....anywhere else I'm forgetting?

EDIT: You will also find that sometimes a G-shock has "Japanese Movement cased in ........."
 
#3 ·
Hi Schirra -

If you don't want to take a risk, I would look for a Made In Korea, Japan or Malaysia as I have never seen a fake with these Made In words on the back.

Made In China.. Hmmmm.. I've never seen a fake, nor an authentic with this on the back now I'm thinking....:think:

My advice, forget it and don't buy just in case:rodekaart :-!
 
#6 ·
My 6900 also says "Made in China" as well. There was a thread some time back about the little white mark between the arrow on the left of the illuminator and the display, which mine has.
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Discussion starter · #7 ·
Thanks to everybody... I have buy this watch, but is not coming here... Yesterday looking at the pictures, I've seen the "made in" inscription and this let me a little bad thinking about a fake.
I have understand that there very low possibility that this is a fake, so I wait for the watch and I can see betetr with the watch in my hand.

Again, Thanks!


ps: eheemmmm... what's the purpose of the three small round dial!?:-S
 
#8 · (Edited)
I thought I should write here that I also have DW-6900's made in China, but I see I am not the only one :-D Alll three round dials are representing the seconds in a minute. If I'm right (I havn't got one lying here around at the moment) the Big one represent the 10 seconds mark, the smal ones the single seconds. If I recall right my memory it's called "Time Progression Animation" (well, it could be freely translated from Dutch I think).

Cheers,

Sjors
 
#11 ·
Hi Ozz,

As far as I can remember I have only seen it on the back basic DW-6900's. Since, if you have one or more, you have bought them in Japan, the chance is that yours is a "made in China" model practically nihil. It's been a few years ago I noticed it on the back of my DW-6900. Since the (high quality) copy practices in China is well known, it was remarkable to see this text on a G-Shock.

Cheers,

Sjors
 
#12 ·
Sjors said:
Hi Ozz,

As far as I can remember I have only seen it on the back basic DW-6900's. Since, if you have one or more, you have bought them in Japan, the chance is that yours is a "made in China" model practically nihil. It's been a few years ago I noticed it on the back of my DW-6900. Since the (high quality) copy practices in China is well known, it was remarkable to see this text on a G-Shock.

Cheers,

Sjors
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We can only guess that the Bangkok Flogman is possibly made in China, but states made in Japan.

On the other hand, they are readily available on the streets of Thailand, so also a good chance that a factory in Bangkok is pumping them out.

If the military stays in power, we may see many more fakes:-X
 
Discussion starter · #13 ·
Reading about the fakes casio, I'm thinking about this:

When I start to collect Speedmasters, about 7 years ago, there's was not a lot of Moonwatch fakes around... and after, when they comes was easy to spot them, very easy.
Not easy as the Glycine Airman taht was very, very similar to the original.
Also I've seen a lot of fake seamaster 300 completely similar to the original, me too I've buy one of this fake:-(

But about Omega, Glycine or I think other brands, there's a lot of material on the web to spot the fakes... what I see is that about the G-shock is not easy to find a good guide to spot the fakes, for example in the Sjors web site there is something, and this help me, but there's not too much in other place of the web.

I see the Frogman is very easy to find as fake... look at this on the bay: 110037000311 for a new "adept" like me seems legit... but the price? I think is very low, the same item ws sell for buy it now 15/18POUNDS
This let me think a bout a fake. Probably I'm wrong and this is perfect! So I must buy immediately!!!!

But was is distinguishing from an original, what's the important things to know?

Thanks for put your knowledge her eon the forum!

Regards

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#15 ·
Mine is about 4-5 yrs old and "made in china" on the back.





robert
 
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Hi Schirra,

This is a 100% fake. Unfortunately eBay is flooded with these fakes. My (not happy about it, but best) advise is not to look for a DW-8200 Frogman or a DW-2000, unless you know the seller as trusted Casio seller or member. A few weeks ago Skyhook pointed to mm that even a trusted Casio seller had a fake DW-8200 for sale (no names please). When I pointed the seller, he immediately removed the watch for sale, but I guess it stresses how good these fakes look for people who are not 100% in it (even I was fooled once!).

Cheers,

Sjors
 
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