Can someone help me identify this watch please?

[AndStilliRise]

Hi all, not a massive watch guy or anything so please dont shoot me down.

Younger bro got me a watch from Dubai. Think its a like for like but would be keen to see if anyone could find me the original with which to compare with.

[Fas1975]

google image search IWC watches and you'll see practically the entire range, current and past. I did it quickly and could see nothing remotely similar.

[Gio G]

I reckon a copy of an IWC Portuguese...

[TimLambert7]

I think it's supposed to be an IWC Portuguese Regulator.

http://www.chrono24.com/en/iwc/portuguese-regulato...

That looks pretty similar doesn't it? Movement looks completely different but hey-ho.




Also, judging by your hand writing you're either an Architect or a GP.

[Riff Raff]

I think it's supposed to be an IWC Portuguese Regulateur Tourbillon. In Platinum. Or White Gold. But I suspect that your brother didn't pay $60 odd thousand for it......

[Uriel]

http://home.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost/fi-17/...

[Sy1441]

Riff Raff said:

I think it's supposed to be an IWC Portuguese Regulateur Tourbillon. In Platinum. Or White Gold. But I suspect that your brother didn't pay $60 odd thousand for it......

Yeah, its based on that model for sure but looks as if it has used colouring and a strap from whatever bits where lying around the workshop.

[AndStilliRise]

TimLambert7 said:

I think it's supposed to be an IWC Portuguese Regulator.

http://www.chrono24.com/en/iwc/portuguese-regulato...

That looks pretty similar doesn't it? Movement looks completely different but hey-ho.




Also, judging by your hand writing you're either an Architect or a GP.

Brother is the architect! And not a GP I am afraid.

Thanks for finding this.

[AndStilliRise]

Uriel said:

http://home.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost/fi-17/...

Thanks, that does look similar.

I think it supposed to be a like-for-like copy. The question is does it look fake or can I get away with it? For me, as I said I usually wear a Garmin Forerunner (GPS sports watch) so anything which is not plastic is a step up!

[Gio G]

AndStilliRise said:

Thanks, that does look similar.

I think it supposed to be a like-for-like copy. The question is does it look fake or can I get away with it? For me, as I said I usually wear a Garmin Forerunner (GPS sports watch) so anything which is not plastic is a step up!

To the average public, you can get away with it. Someone who knows about watches, probably not.. Never really understood the whole fake scene, but I guess this makes us all different...

[RobCh]

AndStilliRise said:

The question is does it look fake or can I get away with it?

If it works and you enjoy wearing it, keep it on. You know that it's fake, so just don't go around pretending it's the real thing.

[AndStilliRise]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=IWC+Portuguese+R...

This one looks as close a match I can find.

In all honesty this is the only fake item I have. And it looks amazing.

Thanks for all the help, have a good weekend.

[Riff Raff]

Sy1441 said:

Riff Raff said:

I think it's supposed to be an IWC Portuguese Regulateur Tourbillon. In Platinum. Or White Gold. But I suspect that your brother didn't pay $60 odd thousand for it......

Yeah, its based on that model for sure but looks as if it has used colouring and a strap from whatever bits where lying around the workshop.

As it happens I have a white gold Portuguese. The supplied strap is a brown Crocodile jobbie, so the strap might be the most authentic thing about the watch

[tertius]

The movement (in the fake) looks a lot like a Unitas 6497/8 or, more likely, an Asian copy of one.