daytona yellow watch. i am trying to figure out if its real or not

[futurist1952]

i have an opportunity to purchase a daytona with a yellow face and strap there are stamps on the bracelet of 18k geneve 750
a stamp that looks like wings an oval with something in it i cant make out and two other symbols stamped there.

on the back it says
winner rolex 24 daytona 1992

should there be something else i should look [/B]

[SPACE-DWELLER]

It is a FAKE!

NO Daytona says "winner rolex 24 daytona 1992" on the back!

It is THE classical Daytona FAKE sign.

Please click this link and you will see an example of it (SS version, though):

Fake Rolex watches. CLICK!

(scroll a bit down to see the fake Daytona with the engraved caseback)

[futurist1952]

thank you. they certainly did a good job of engraving on the bracelet.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by futurist1952

thank you. they certainly did a good job of engraving on the bracelet.

But PLEASE don't buy it!

It IS a fake!

Even the gold hallmarks are faked, and very well so, on the fakes.

I also suggest you buy the book "The Rolex Report" by the author John E. Brozek.

In that excellent book you can see very good examples of faked hallmarks.

You can buy it directly from the author himself, since he owns the site that I gave you a link to in my previous reply.

Here is the direct link to the book purchase:

"The Rolex Report" (book purchase)! CLICK!

[karmatp]

Thanks for the book info Bo, looks like a great read..

[SSD]

I don't understand the poll...

[Zack]

[Green Arrow]

Maybe I'm just trying to justify overpaying for my Rolex watches at Authorized Dealers, but I would NEVER buy a Rolex from anyone other than an Authorized Dealer again. I did it once, for a 1993 "S" Daytona, and got lucky, but the amount of worrying about whether the movement was REALLY the 4030, whether hands had been updated or replaced, etc. etc. just isn't worth it.

Part of having a terrific luxury item like a Rolex watch is being able to smile when you look at it, and not having to worry about it. Plus, as I recently found out in buying a different brand on the internet and finding completely different after sale experience than the terrific service from my Rolex AD, I won't do it again.

Unless you are truly an expert, and maybe can see the watch in person (I don't mind face to face deals where I can read the person better than I can review the watch) I would just buy my watch from the AD and enjoy every moment of it.

[CEG]

Does anyone have any decent pics of that LTD edition aytona in Yellow, or Green, or Pink !?

Saw a very bling pink one in Harrods, London recently - way OTT. From memory - the Yellow one looks a cracker tho, and very unusual. White Gold I believe ?

[zeravince]

I saw how to identify fake rolex from you tube today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnjeW7TinCk
that video said that some genuine daytona make a smooth engraved "winner rolex 24 daytona 1992" on the back.

is it true ?

[watchgeek]

you guys are on the ball -- that is a VERY fake watch

[frostie]

Fake

[mike]

Run away!!