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Hi John,
this brings up a couple of interesting points about the scammers and auctions.
(And for the record, I do not think this fellow is a scammer at all)
Traditional auctions are "As is where is". "All sales final" "buyer beware" etc.
Ebay sellers are held to a much higher scrutiny. On this forum, it seems that the conventional wisdom is that if you are not a bona fide and true expert on a subject that you should NOT be allowed to sell at auction.
Also, Rolex is very diligent about protecting their intellectual property. As they should be. Rolex sue's at the drop of a hat and has tested just about every aspect of laws and intellectual property.
It seems they ran into some road blocks on a couple of issues. Those of adding bezels and and adornments and those of adding gold to formerly stainless steel bands making them two-tone. And those of similar marks to the "Crown mark".
the band on the subject watch....is it just a replacement band? or a coutnerfeit? We have no idea if it says Rolex on the inside clasp. If it does, the case is closed. Counterfeit. But if it does not have Rolex written on the inside clasp and if that Crown looking thing is actually upon closer inspection a hand or a shell or any myriad of other things I have observed on bands, then is it truly counterfeit? Or just annoying to us?
I think this one is a gray area and should not be tampered with. he admits that the band might not be real and then, in the Q&A area says that he has been told the band is not genuine. Seems pretty straight up to me.
the only real annoying thing to me as an aficionado and as a bidder is that he did not take tons of pics, (a must for a bidder these days) and that the band has that annoying crown-looking thing on it.
Jeff
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