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Old 2 March 2023, 03:40 AM   #1
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Rolex submariner authentication

Hello, I purchased this from a grey dealer and want to know if you guys think this looks off.
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Old 2 March 2023, 03:47 AM   #2
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Old 2 March 2023, 03:59 AM   #3
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Looks fake to me. Text spacing looks off and the numbers on the bezel aren't as thick as they should be.
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Old 2 March 2023, 06:30 AM   #4
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VERY hard to tell with those pics- although I'm am saying it's Fake. there are a couple of questionable "tells".
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Old 2 March 2023, 06:40 AM   #5
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It’s hard to get a quality picture to upload with the size limits on here
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Old 2 March 2023, 06:41 AM   #6
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Old 2 March 2023, 07:18 AM   #7
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Old 2 March 2023, 07:50 AM   #8
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No issues, looks fine.
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Old 2 March 2023, 12:32 PM   #9
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Looks fine to me also.
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Old 2 March 2023, 03:58 PM   #10
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The crown on the crystal almost look too good. Not sure how you were able to capture that. My understanding is the dots are engraved at varying depths and so it won't look so even.
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Old 2 March 2023, 03:59 PM   #11
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Do you have pic of the clasp?
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Old 2 March 2023, 05:18 PM   #12
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The crown on the crystal almost look too good. Not sure how you were able to capture that. My understanding is the dots are engraved at varying depths and so it won't look so even.
The molten glass bubbles are on the same plane.

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Old 2 March 2023, 06:31 PM   #13
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The watch is fine and its very doubtful if even a grey dealer would knowingly sell anything fake.
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Old 3 March 2023, 03:29 AM   #14
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The crown on the crystal almost look too good. Not sure how you were able to capture that. My understanding is the dots are engraved at varying depths and so it won't look so even.
This is what concerned me. in most NEW Subs, the crown is VERY hard to see under magnification. the fakes show up easier.
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Old 3 March 2023, 05:49 AM   #15
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The crown on the crystal almost look too good. Not sure how you were able to capture that. My understanding is the dots are engraved at varying depths and so it won't look so even.
It took me several attempts of zooming and focusing my iPhone camera held very close to the crystal
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Old 3 March 2023, 08:30 AM   #16
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I don't see any issues.
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Old 3 March 2023, 09:17 AM   #17
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How in the world were you able to get such a great shot of the LEC?! Kudos.

Watch looks good.
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Old 3 March 2023, 10:31 AM   #18
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Put my camera up to the glass and zoomed in and adjusted several times to get it to focus. It took several tries
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Old 4 March 2023, 10:35 AM   #19
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Looks fake to me. Text spacing looks off and the numbers on the bezel aren't as thick as they should be.
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VERY hard to tell with those pics- although I'm am saying it's Fake. there are a couple of questionable "tells".
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Old 15 March 2023, 08:56 AM   #20
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I think it looks good. If unsure, bring to a local expert to he can look it over and take a look at the movement.
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Old 16 March 2023, 01:47 AM   #21
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LIKE I SAID in the follow up post- I was questioning the watch due to the etched crown showing up so well. I have not seen an etching show up so well on any REAL sub. But the OP cleared it up.
Also the color of the bezel markings -especially the 50 on the looks off- but that's probably just the angle of the photo.

I own three Subs - I am pretty familiar with them..
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Old 21 March 2023, 01:31 AM   #22
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This might be the best photo of an etched crown I have ever seen. Nice work!!
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