Fake watches in Turkey...

[Mad Dave]

Hi All,

I spent last week in Turkey and was absolutely staggered by how good some of the fake watches were - sapphire crystal glass, all chronos working, nice smooth automatic movements. Some of them were very nice watches in their own right! I was almost tempted to buy one or two lesser known watches (U-Boat for example) as they were very nice. I resisted the urge though - they were actually quite expensive, and I didn't like the idea of buying a fake!

One of the funniest things I heard was on a market stall, the vendor shouting at the top of his lungs "100% genuine fakes"

Dave

[Mad Dave]

funkyol said:

Hmm, good until the bezel or numbers fall off, the chrome on the bracelet wears off, or they start losing 5 mins a day. Or until you get them wet and they fill up faster than the Titanic.

Very possibly. I hadn't appreciated just good the fakers had become. Judging by the prices that 'no box, no papers' watches fetch on eBay, maybe others don't realise either!

[Mad Dave]

Yeah sapphire crystal glass sounds different to normal glass. One shop owner complimented me on what a good copy my Tag F1 was - I'd probably have been flattered, except that it's not fake! Lol

[Mad Dave]

gti-ted said:

Seight_Returns said:

Out of interest, what prices were they asking pre/post haggle ?

I have just returned from Turkey and bought a breitling copy for £20 and it looks the the dogs danglies

£20?! They wanted £120 wherever I looked!