Lesson #1
If you are posting a "fake vs real" watch on a forum, 99% chance it is Franken at best, crappy fake more often.
Lesson #2
You really counting on photos to determine if real? Super fakes are out there and unless you are a watchmaker with experience with the brand, you aren't going to catch it, even in person. Not so much with vintage but the vast range or previous models and configurations, you are not going to get more than 80% confidence level unless you stumble across a WIS who spends every waking moment researching the brand.
Lesson #3
Always buy the seller.
Lesson #4
If you don't take it to a watchmaker, and not the freaking mall kiosk, I suspect you either know it is fake or you are a cheapskate.
If you are posting a "fake vs real" watch on a forum, 99% chance it is Franken at best, crappy fake more often.
Lesson #2
You really counting on photos to determine if real? Super fakes are out there and unless you are a watchmaker with experience with the brand, you aren't going to catch it, even in person. Not so much with vintage but the vast range or previous models and configurations, you are not going to get more than 80% confidence level unless you stumble across a WIS who spends every waking moment researching the brand.
Lesson #3
Always buy the seller.
Lesson #4
If you don't take it to a watchmaker, and not the freaking mall kiosk, I suspect you either know it is fake or you are a cheapskate.
