Ten Reasons to Reject the Idea of Buying a Replica Watch
If you still have hesitations whether to buy or not to buy a replica watch of your favorite brand, below you will find the most crucial reasons to help you make up your mind. The article is based on real opinions shared by simple customers as well as experienced watch experts.
1. A replica watch shows off what you really don't have: This is what many people actually think about wearing a replica watch. 'Fakes are worn to impress plastic minds,' as one customer said. 'If one buys a fake, he is fooling others,' 'A fake is and will always be a fake and so is the person who owns one' - these are some more opinions about replicas. All these statements reflect one and the same idea - people wearing replica watches are not taken seriously and their reputation may seriously suffer. If you care about what people think about you, especially in business circles, it is better to avoid wearing a replica watch.
2. Almost anyone can tell a replica watch from an authentic one: Many watch experts think that low quality replica watches will be spotted at more than 20 feet away ('they are so poorly made that even a blind chimp would not mistake one for the real thing'). Even if you are not a watch expert yourself, your attention will be caught, for example, by the gold plating of a fake that is too yellow in color or the glass or plastic crystal not reflecting light like sapphire crystal.
3. A replica watch will actually impress no one: Considering the two opinions mentioned above, if you want to impress others with a fake, you will hardly manage to do that. As a rule, people who purchase highly priced authentic timepieces find no reason to impress anyone as they already have at their disposal enough income to purchase many other expensive items and hardly feel the need to impress anyone with an over-expensive wristwatch.
4. A replica watch will never grow up in value: This reason needs no explanation. There is little or no sense to pay 500-1000 dollars for a fake watch as it is much better to save some more money until you have enough to buy a real nice authentic timepiece, probability a used one from a reputable dealer.
In comparison, an authentic watch becomes a thing to be inherited by the generations to follow, a true family relic and talisman the value of which grows over time.
5. Poor durability: Replica watches are produced from poor quality materials, so they are easily scratched or even broken. The mechanisms inside a replica watch will not last for a long time, so you will have to either take your watch to be repaired or, if it is seriously damaged, simply throw it away.
One can take an authentic watch to the authorized service center where it will be treated properly and last for many years to come.
6. Lack of precision: Cheap replica watches are equipped with poor quality mechanisms, usually, cheap quartz movements, so one shouldn't expect great precision from a fake watch.
The mechanisms of genuine watches are often hand-made and guarantee remarkable precision.
7. Lack of additional functions and complications: The majority of replica watches do not feature the functions they are meant to, as they simply imitate the design of an authentic watch but lack the corresponding functions. So, if you dream about a watch with a minute repeater or a tourbillon, you will never find a replica watch with such horological complications.
8. Lack of innovative features: Replica watches do not provide the innovations incorporated by the authentic ones. A great advantage of an original watch is that its producer spends much time working on innovations, applying new high-tech materials, improving the watch's design and technical features. Consequently, the quality and durability of branded watches gets significantly improved and owners of genuine timepieces can enjoy wearing their watches that guarantee precision timekeeping.
9. Replica watch buyers involuntarily support illegal activity of fake watch producers: Today, the widespread counterfeiting industry, violating intellectual property rights, is linked to major organised crime, drugs, prostitution and even people-smuggling. The producers of qenuine watches join efforts to fight counterfeiting and minimize its negative effects.
10. Inner feeling of dissatisfaction: Many customers who buy a replica watch quickly get disillusioned as it turns out to be not half a thing they so much wanted to own.
Authentic watches are true masterpieces of engineering and beauty. Many customers compare purchasing a genuine watch to purchasing pieces of art or diamonds as they hold a special value to their owner.
Purchasing a replica watch holds no value or meaning as it is a kind of self-deception - you long for a masterpiece but get an imitation that only looks like the thing you have been dreaming about.
P.S.: Wide choice of reasonably priced authentic watches: A replica watch may be successfully substituted by a reasonably priced timepiece produced by some other reputable brand. If, for example, you are crazy about Patek Philippe watches, the price of which often reaches dozens of thousands of dollars, try to discover another Swiss brand or a Japanese brand that produces high quality timepieces available at affordable price range. As a good alternative, Tissot watches are on the list of Swiss bestsellers attracting whole armies of avid fans.
As one customer said, 'I would prefer a real Casio over a fake Rolex.'
Italian Police almost got fooled by a fake Ferrari they found in the body shop of a local garage. After taking a closer look, Italian policemen found out that what they thought it was a rare Ferrari 355 Berlinetta was in fact a copy based on a Toyota MR2.
Italian copyright laws state that the car will be crushed, as protecting brands like Ferrari is very important to their economy. “It was a good fake but just a fake, Ferrari is one of Italy's crown jewels. We can't allow cheap copies,” said one officer, according to the Austrian Times.
The supercar was in fact a first generation Toyota MR2 with British number plates. So we guess taking a vacation in Italy if you own one of these babies is out of the question, as you might be going back home with Alitalia Airlines.
We might think owning a kit car is stupid, but nevertheless it’s a right that nobody should be able to take from a citizen living in the free world. But if things change, these guys should be the first to make a run for it. They did manage to make a living out of Ferrari copycats and Italians now want their heads.
The Italian supercar manufacturers are not really affected by the kit car industry because nobody that can afford a Ferrari will ever buy a Toyota MR2 that just looks like a Ferrari. But then again, we don’t want to many sportscars parked outside McDonald’s.
Zici ca acum i-au scos carcasa de la turnat si asteapta sa se raceasca pt. a o finisa,iar markerii parca sunt cu magnet si aranjati de un copil de gradinita,ce sa mai vorbim de aratatoare.Concureaza cu succes la titlul de cel mai urit fake.Ma intristeaza gindul cind vad, totusi,citi amatori de fake exista.Pai cind ma uit pe ceasuridemina.ro,nu stiu daca din cele postate zilnic,in jur de 50-60,gasesti citeva originale,ca le-am si scrissa imparta multimea aia de ceasuri in doua categorii,originale si replici,dar fara efect.Mai multa impresie faci cu un Seiko original(ca sa nu spun ceva mai tare)decit cu un fake Breitling turcesc,ca alea chinezesti, de 3-400 $,mai arata cumva.
In mod evident, aceasta replica este mai bine realizata decat originalul in ce priveste materialele si finisajul, ceea ce mi se pare absolut utopic. E adevarat ca diferenta este evidenta la mecanism, acest ceas folosind un calibru G1710 care e destul de greu de falsificat. Intrebarea mea este ce se va intampla cand acest falsificatori vor pune la interior exact mecanismul ceasului original.....sa zicem un eta automatic 2824 sau ceva asemanator care nu e chair foarte scump...si e folosit de multi producatori mari...? Parerea mea e ca viitorul nu suna prea bine....
este mai bine realizat poate doar in poze.
in realitate se vede diferenta.
daca ai vedea cum arata originalul si apoi ai vedea copia sigur ti-ai da seama.
si nu cred ca se va ajunge vreodata ca cei care fac fakeuri sa ii intreaca pe cei care fac originalul si sa vanda si mai ieftin.
bineinteles ... conteaza, ....pana la urma putem spune ca daca muncesti si pui pasiune in ceea ce faci pentru un lucru durabil si de calitate este egal... cu ....atunci cand altul face aproximativ acelasi produs dar in fuga, neglijent si cat mai mult cu materiale cat mai ieftine !!
Asa se intampla si in bransa mea cu firmulitele de apartament care contracteaza lucrari/pe comisioane care.....se scad din.... ? calitatea lucrarii bineinteles...materiale ieftine(cateodata lipsa), norme /etape sarite si asta se traduce doar prin realitatea si haosul in care ne aflam acum cand nu mai esti sigur de nimic...doar haos.... !!M-am saturat sa tot fim chemati in urma lor si sa culegem doar...injuraturi de la oameni, cand era treba noastra din start sa facem cum am fost invatati de-o viata sa construim "DURABIL SI CU RESPONSABILITATE", dar "EI" trebuie sa procure de undeva banii de campanie, si uite asa se mai duce de rapa un lucru bun in tara asta...ca multe altele inaintea ei !
Oare unde o sa ajungem cu acest " cat de mult si cat de ieftin" !!!
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