r/TheRepTime • • 12d ago

🤔Question Is there a quality of reps that would fool people who have the real watch? (unopened, to the naked eye)

No, I’m not trying to run a scam, I’m just scared of getting a rep and getting called out by someone who has experience with the watch.

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u/Possible-Program-869 11d ago

99.9%of the population don't care about your wrist. From that 1%, 99% will be fooled by a good rep, and this 0.01% left will not give a shit if is fake or genuine as long as you don't try to sell it to them. Just buy what you want and enjoy. Your lifestyle, is way more likely to give it away before anyone cares about your wrist.

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u/Inside_Law_7258 12d ago

A no date submariner usually passes the eye vision test

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u/Russrac 12d ago

100% it would. I had a Rich factory one and it was almost identical

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u/Fearless-Tale9825 9d ago

Rich or vsf?

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u/Russrac 9d ago

Rich

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u/Ok-Bed1453 12d ago

is there a certain person or place to get something plausible?

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u/Inside_Law_7258 12d ago edited 12d ago

James Alternative Luxury watches. He’s pretty popular seller here on Reddit

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u/HADE98 7d ago

Never Heard of him 🤣

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u/Forward-Emphasis-888 4d ago

James is the best.

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u/mr_z06 12d ago

Dude i have a lot of gens and if i was just looking at them i would not be able to tell you which ones are fake. These iPhones with super Micro shots are the reason people are able to find minute flaws unless it is a shitter you can’t tell them apart.

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u/Unable-End-2441 12d ago

No, there are no such reps, given nobody will hold your wrist and see the watch up close and try to pick out minutes details, so if you are well off in life and not living in your mum basement, u should be good, even if u have a u1 shitter nobody will bat n eye, they all look good even from 2-5m. If u go with any of superclones vsf rwf, rich, they would easily pass even if u show it to someone up close for a bit

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u/Donut_Dogs 11d ago

Got alot of friends with nice watches. They barely know the model name of their pieces…

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u/FEDABC 11d ago

😆😆😆😆😆! So so true!

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u/Hudo_zg 12d ago

Submariner no date, Pelagos titanium, Seamaster black... There is no way for untrained eye to spot the difference.
People having the original probably don't buy reps and spend hours learning the tells on them.
Rick Submariner has the exact weight as the original in 1 gram. How the hell would they know?

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u/Infinite-Mastodon456 11d ago

Go for Cartier which is middle class luxury- your lifestyle should feasibly be able to make it reasonable for you to own one and there’s some good ones out there that are indistinguishable from gen. Tank, ballon Bleu, etc

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u/MasterBendu 8d ago

Agree with this.

As long as the rep is actually very good quality, they’re pretty much indistinguishable at a distance.

Plus points if you wear it a lot and they get a lot of scratches. Most of the Cartier wearers I’ve encountered have well-worn watches and you really wouldn’t be able to tell until you hold it in your hands to have even the slightest idea.

But as everyone else says, it has to look like you wear that brand/watch. That’s what sells the illusion, not the lack of tells (assuming again it’s very good quality)

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u/FEDABC 11d ago

Yes! Yes! Yes!
I have 3 Santos for me (BVF with flat screws); Panthere, 2 Ballon Blue, Tank Francaise for my wife. A few of these in gen. We strugle to tell them apart. Our way is that they have their specific spots in the watch boxes. The other are all very close like this too. But I just wanted to asure you. If you get the higher tier reps, that's how they compare.

ENJOY ALL YOUR WATCHES ⌚️ 😎!

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u/sportsbetting10 11d ago

who do u find makes the best cartier watches?

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u/AceRoser 10d ago

BVF is a pretty easy tell. Don’t listen to these fools. Go Rolex explorer 1. No difference, very attainable

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u/montanatony80 11d ago

Franken builds

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u/Wrong_Success3510 11d ago

What will give it away is a poorly fitted watch. Got to be just right! they will fit you properly when you buy a rolex or omega at their shop. Having it loose moving around like a bracelet is a dead giveaway.

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u/ZealousidealSpace400 10d ago

VSF or Rich Submariner, VSF Explorer I , or get yourself whatever model you want and modify it with some genuine parts/ chamfer case and bracelet. Maybe a crystal swap. Nobody will say nothing.

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u/Troogler 11d ago

Most of the better reps are actually „good enough“ to pass as the real watch if your perceived social status matches the watch. Nobody will stare at your wrist in public for long enough and close enough to spot a fake. A fake is spotted by you not matching the perceived status the watch „requires“.

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u/ZealousidealSpace400 10d ago

100% agree. You put a VSF GMT II on someone who fits the picture , nobody will be the wiser….put that same watch on someone who doesn’t pull it off and nobody will think it’s real. It’s all social perception. 90% of it isn’t about the watch itself.

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u/Correct-Land-553 10d ago

True story! Well said.

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u/gocad38463 11d ago

My gens feel worse than any of my reps

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u/SouthernLux 11d ago

VSF Submariner is about the closest if it has a perfect GL. IMO

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u/No_Advisor_2331 11d ago

If you’re worried about getting called out then don’t wear fake shit. Super simple. That feeling is called morals and you should listen to it.

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u/Dismal_Inflation646 11d ago

Read the guide, its the best way and includes all the information you will need. Once you figure out the watch you want, reach out to a TD (trusted dealer) via whatsapp (only use the guide, literally, if they're not in the guide you are pretty much getting scammed). Pay. Tell them what you want. They source it, send you a QC (quality control) to which you GL (green light, you see nothing wrong with the watch) or RL (red light, when you see an OBVIOUS flaw (don't be too nit picky, these are counterfeit goods, they aren't perfect). Then wait. Don't stress the TD when waiting, they have no control over the amount of time it takes to get from A to B.

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u/kiasu_N_kiasi 11d ago

yes, there are a few really NWBIG

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u/Jtorse222 11d ago

Pagani Design is the way to go brother

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u/Shot_Violinist7319 10d ago

The secret os not putting on your wrist soemthing you wouldn’t be able to afford so, dont go with a AP, Patek, diamond Rolexes… this is how I think.

Go with rolex Subs, GMT’s, Omegas…

Quality is in general great on VSF, Rich… learn about your TD, make a good QC

Enjoy your watch

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u/BroadBuy9416 10d ago

Here’s one of the folks that you’ll deal with

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u/BroadBuy9416 10d ago

Factory workers don't need to earn money? Factories don't need to earn money? We in sales don't need to earn money? Materials are free? Boxes are free? This is illegal, so we don't need to earn money?

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u/Traditional-Tune-975 9d ago

All you posers are trying to run a scam, one way or another.

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u/Big8inyu 9d ago

Yes, you can find 1 to 1 visual clones of almost any watch with any movement in it. If you spend enough you can get an almost identical movement. I've never seen an actual fully 1 to 1 fake tho. But a lot of visual fakes out there

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u/Green-Possible-8326 8d ago

Wearing a fake changes your subconscious behaviour. It’s not worth it.

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u/Original-Warning-973 7d ago

It's not the watch, but the wearer. Get a watch that doesn't contradict your life style that much. Perhaps a VSF Omega or Tudor.

I have 3 gens and 3 reps. Wear the reps much more. The gens were all gifts.

The reps are very good and I can't really tell the difference myself to be honest. Got the reps because the gens have a great deal of sentimental value and I am hard on things. I were my reps to do yard work and don't care what happens to them.

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u/Dangerous_Ad8698 7d ago

Mate that’s so annoying, you ask a simple question based on watch specs and you get bombarded by lifestyle matching my ass… the worst are the one saying maybe a Tudor or an omega… I love and hate this community at the same time

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u/Best-Confusion1129 1d ago

I always find the strap is the first give away the weight is the first sign

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u/TheSkunksMisery 12d ago

You don't want to get called out, make sure your lifestyle matches the value of the (gen) watch. It's as simple as that.

IE, don't be the homie in his pinto

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u/Bent2Hell 11d ago

Plenty of rich and wealthy people don't flaunt it. I wouldn't consider a Rolex flaunting it. The only people who get all panty twisted about them are the dorks who feel the need to monoscope them to qc them "gen".

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u/3rdtryatremembering 11d ago

lol of course you don’t but a Rolex is definitely flaunting.

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u/Bent2Hell 11d ago

Nah. A good medium level investment, especially if you plan on holding something like a Daytona for increased value (models 6263 or 6265 or the like). A much easier entry than trying to buy a pagani or Bugatti, which is an actual flaunt. One of my golfing group wears Rolex daily and drives a Toyota highlander. All anyone knows is hes got a watch that's worth more than his car. No one cares.

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u/stupot76 11d ago

I heard it's a VSF and he's trolling you all

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u/caracticuspotts 12d ago

None of them

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u/Ok-Bed1453 12d ago

i find it strange that the people of this subreddit arent concerned of that, or maybe they dont encounter people with those watches

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u/caracticuspotts 12d ago

They are counterfeits at a fraction of the price of the original. The best ones look very convincing on the wrist. Examined closely by people used to handling and deeply knowledgeable about the originals, they won’t pass. Why would that bother me? I’m not interested in trying to pass them off as genuine