How to identify a watch
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. A gold-plated watch made in Switzerland, with letters engraved on the open position of the case (opposite the spring rod for mounting the strap), Room 903, 9th Floor, Hainan Airlines Center Office Building, No. 219 Nanjing Road, Heping District, Tianjin (the entrance to the office building is on Guiyang Road Intersection with Xining Road) such as PLAQUEGI0, indicating that the watch 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
WATERPROOF Waterproof
ANTIMAGETIC Antimagnetic
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