Because I haven’t seen it, I dare not draw any conclusions. Let me teach you how to identify authenticity

1. LOGO Generally, the most easily exposed fake watch is the LOGO, especially the LOGO on the surface. You can use the 4x eyepiece to carefully observe its workmanship. If it is a metal LOGO, the real watch is generally as bright as new, while the fake watch LOGO has rough edges, and some parts are irregular; if it is a lacquered watch, the edges of the real watch are smooth and burr-free, while the fake watch has a slight trace of melting on the edges of the lacquered characters, and the font There are shades, and you can see more clearly with an 8x eyepiece. (Usually LONGINES, OMEGA, ROLEX and other watches are copied more)

2. Watch mirror

Famous watches generally use sapphire mirrors. With the advancement of technology, fake watches have begun to follow suit.

It is generally easy to spot fake watches with sapphire mirrors, because in order to reduce costs, fake watches do not coat the mirror with an anti-reflective layer, let alone double-layer coating, so the reflection is serious under light. , although it does not melt when dripping water, it only needs to be irradiated with ultraviolet light, and the reflection is extremely serious; because the real watch has an anti-reflective coating, it does not reflect much under strong light, and has purple or blue glare.

3. Weight

Nowadays, fake watches, especially J's ROLEX, in order to ensure a high degree of imitation, lead rings are used in the fake watches to ensure the weight of the fake watches, but you can try the weight of other parts, such as The bracelet part is relatively lighter. At the same time, generally fake watches are relatively light. Even if they are "ballasted" by a lead ring, they still feel strange in the hand.

4. The handle

Generally, the handle of a fake watch is the easiest to reveal. The crowns of fake watches all use the same process, and the polished coating is uneven. Whether it is gram-plated or gold-plated, there are always different shades. If you look closely, you can still see the white part. If a more realistic watch case is not easily noticeable, you can carefully observe the crown part. In addition, the crowns of many famous watches have their own specifications, while fake watches are almost the same. This can be easily seen by just looking at the appearance of the real watch.

5. Back cover

The back covers of fake watches are not made according to the organization of famous watches. Some (such as OMEGA, AP, etc.) have made the original screw cover into a gland. Interested friends may wish to pay attention to it. Some watch backs are octagonal or have several screws. In order to save costs, fake watches will make nondescript screw-cap shapes.

6. Literally

Literally you can easily find traces of handwriting with an 8x eyepiece

7. Number

Famous watch manufacturers have their own fixed numbering rules, and have the serial number of each watch. According to the number, the specifications, model and even the date of manufacture and sales place of the watch can be found. However, fake watches Then only one number is used, or even no number, making it easy to distinguish.

The numbers of some genuine watches appear in different locations on the watch, but how come the fake ones only appear on the back cover of the watch.

8. Watch chain

The workmanship of the watch chain can clearly see the traces of handwork. It must be a fake watch. Although some fake watch straps with butterfly buckles are relatively delicate, there are rough and unpolished details in the moving corners. , as long as you are careful you can find the flaws.

9. Watch Hands

If you carefully observe the fake watch hands with the eyepiece, you can find tiny traces, which are the tweezers marks left during installation. You will not see similar traces at all on the real watch.

The shape of the hands of the watch is obviously different from that of the real watch. Even if I have seen a very real J watch, the second hand can still see problems. The second hand of the fake watch is rough and relatively short. This is The biggest problem is that the second hand of a real watch is usually longer than or equal to the length of the minute hand.

I have also seen fake blue steel watch hands, which are usually coated with zinc pigment and have a somewhat transparent feel. However, the blue steel of real watches is blue produced by metal thermal processing. It looks It is deeper and has less light refraction.

10. Movement

Sound: Generally, except for Swiss movement fake watches such as 2824 and 2836, other movements have a frequency of 21600. You only need to pick it up and listen to it, and almost all of them are relatively similar. Slow ticking sound, and most real watches now have frequencies above 28800, but many real watches also have slow swings, so this is just one of them.

Polishing: There is no need to be wordy about this. Generally, fake watches are not polished. However, there are many polished fake movements on the market now, but you can easily find the roughness of the processing with an eyepiece.

Structure: (Each movement has its own different structure, which cannot be imitated by ETA’s 2824 and others)

How to identify watches

1 ． Observe the case back. All original watches, especially men's watches, must have many English letters printed on the back cover of the watch case, indicating the brand name of the watch, the country of production, and the name of the all-steel or semi-steel waterproof, antimagnetic, shockproof or shockproof device (see the following common The appearance of the watch is marked with English letters) and is engraved with a trademark pattern specific to the watch brand. In addition, there are also some numbers engraved to indicate the movement number and case number of the watch. Most of the patterns and letters engraved on the back cover of counterfeit watches are very thick and blurry, and the case number and movement number are unknown. Original watches usually have a film on the back cover, while plum blossom watches have a green plum blossom-shaped label on the back cover. Gold-plated case watches made in Switzerland have letters engraved on the open position of the case (opposite to the spring rod where the strap is installed), such as PLAQUEGI0, indicating that the case is 10 micron gold-plated. Counterfeit watches do not have this mark. Many counterfeit watches use processes such as titanium nitride to pretend to be gold-plated cases.

2． dial. All watches made in Japan have a line of very small numbers printed below the 6 o'clock dial on the dial, indicating the movement and dial number; counterfeit watches do not. Some famous brand watches produced in Switzerland, such as Meihua and Yingnag, have some special marks on the dial. The "Airmaster" plum blossom men's watches are all printed with the red letters TITOFLEX on the lower part of the dial, and most of them are also set with a glass or metal diamond. Inager watches have the letters STARJEWEIS printed on the lower part of the dial. There are no such letters on the dial of the counterfeit watch. Although some counterfeit watches have the letters sWISSMOVT printed on the dial to indicate Swiss movement, and letters such as SHOCKPROOF to indicate that they are shock-proof watches, such watches usually have many flaws and imperfections on the dial, such as the dial letters are not set correctly and the lines are broken. The mark is blurred, the dial characters or trademark letters and patterns are not tightly set on the dial, there are many scratches, discoloration and luminous dots falling off on the dial, and the luminous dots are added to the inside of the dial fonts, the luminous dots are larger and It appears uneven, and there are also cases where the luminous dots on the dial and the luminous dots on the hands are inconsistent in color. Some counterfeit watches with day and weekly calendars have this characteristic: when viewed from the calendar window, the outside of the calendar dial is tilted backwards, or the calendar dial is made of plastic. The weekly calendar dial uses Chinese to mark the day of the week (except for Japanese watches) or the day of the week uses English on the right side and numbers on the left.

3. Observe the watch crown. The trademarks or letter marks of counterfeit watches are thick and blurred or printed with the words 100% W～P, and all-steel watches use semi-steel handles.

Commonly used watches are marked with the following English letters:

WATER RESISTANT

WATERPROOF

ANTIMAGETIC

ALLSTAINLESSSTEEL All-Steel Case

STAINLESSSTEELBACK Semi-Steel Case

SWISSMADE Made in Switzerland

IAPANMADE Made in Japan

INCABLOC "type shock absorber

PLAQUEG10 10 micron gold-plated

AUTOMATIC automatic watch

JEWEIS diamond

How to identify fake and inferior watches

Watches are one of people’s daily necessities. The various brands, styles and functions of watches currently on the market are dazzling. However, the prices of watches of different origins and brands vary greatly, ranging from tens of yuan to hundreds of yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, making it difficult for consumers to make a choice when purchasing. How to identify the authenticity of Swiss watches? To identify fake and shoddy watches, you should start from the following aspects.

Identify counterfeit watch brands

Brand counterfeiting generally occurs in high-end famous brands. In order to obtain high profits, counterfeiters often imitate the genuine products in terms of trademarks and appearance parts, making them exactly the same and impeccable at first glance. Even the packaging, instructions and production licenses are complete. However, it uses a movement that does not match the brand, or the parts are of poor quality. Such counterfeit brand-name watches are often sold internally at much lower prices than genuine ones. They are also sold in some cities and non-standard shopping malls where watch inspections are not complete. There was a time when fake Rolex, Radar, Fiyta and other watches appeared in the domestic market.

In order to increase sales, some watches make false propaganda on product functions, such as "waterproof to 100 meters, case will never wear out" on the back cover. Consumers must be sensible about this kind of propaganda. judge.

Identify fake appearance parts

At present, appearance parts account for a high proportion in the price of watches. For example, the "Cartier" watch produced in France costs RMB 3.52 million and is set with 36 carats of natural diamonds. Calculated at RMB 60,000 per carat, the diamond alone is worth more than RMB 2 million. Therefore, fake and shoddy appearance parts should be taken seriously.

Identify natural diamonds, artificial diamonds, and rhinestones (glass diamonds):

Natural diamonds are the hardest of all objects, rated at level 10; artificial diamonds are rated at level 8-9 ; Rhinestones (glass diamonds) have lower hardness than natural diamonds and artificial diamonds, and are more fragile. Artificial diamonds and rhinestones are very cheap, only 0.1-0.2 yuan each. Therefore, when buying a watch with natural diamonds, you must pay attention to the authenticity and go to the relevant department for testing if necessary.

Identify K gold, gold plating, and acid gold plating:

The surface color of K gold, gold plating, and acid gold plating is yellow, which is difficult to distinguish and is difficult to detect without instrument detection. Difficult to distinguish. Some counterfeit products label 10K gold cases as 18K gold cases, and some even pass off gold-plated cases as K gold cases. In addition, the thickness of the gold-plated layer of the gold-plated shell is also difficult to measure. Some watches are marked with 3 micron gold plating, but in fact there is not even 1 micron. The watch has been used for more than a year, and the color of the gold has completely faded. What's more, the acid gold-plated aluminum alloy shell is said to last for several years without fading. In fact, within half a year of use, the gold color turns to black, and even the ability to prevent rust is lost. Consumers must ask clearly when buying gold watches.

Identify watch glass:

There are three types of watch glass currently in use: organic glass, ordinary quartz glass and sapphire crystal glass. What is easy to confuse and difficult to distinguish is quartz glass and sapphire crystal glass. There is a big difference in quality and price between the two. Sapphire crystal glass was once called "never wear glass", but now it is changed to "hard wear glass".

Its price is about dozens of times that of ordinary quartz glass. Therefore, sapphire crystal glass is only used in high-end watches.

In the absence of testing equipment, a simple method can be used to distinguish ordinary quartz glass and sapphire crystal glass. Place a drop of water on the surface of the watch glass, and then stand it upright. If the water forms a small ball and does not flow, it is sapphire crystal glass. On the contrary, if the water flows down the plane, it is ordinary quartz glass.

Identify counterfeit watch movements

All imported Swiss watches must have movements produced in Switzerland. If the movement used is found to be produced in Japan, China or other countries, the watch is a fake.

The movement used in all imported Japanese watches must be produced in Japan. If it is found that the movement used is produced in Switzerland or other countries, the watch must also be a fake product.

Domestically produced watches use a variety of movements, including Swiss, Japanese, and domestic movements. Consumers must be aware that some counterfeiters install shoddy movements on watches to pass them off as inferior ones. . Relatively speaking, these problems will not occur if you buy a brand with high trust.

The above content is provided by: yhy214 (Taobao shopkeeper)