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I don't have any "real" art so maybe I'm not one to comment. But I've asked and have been asked if my wheels are replicas at many car meets. It doesn't offend me. Maybe that's in part because mine are not replicas. I hope I have not offended anyone else but if someone did take offense, I'd apologize as that was of course not my intention. It was just curiosity. I don't think there's shame in owning them, so if they are offended, I think it might say more about them than me.
But maybe that is classless. It could be that it's similar to asking someone how much they make, like implying "do you make enough for afford the real thing"? For me, like a lot of things, I think it depends on the delivery. If they come off as a snide little shit and they ask "hey is this real?", I'd probably be offended. But if they are more articulate and show genuine interest and the question comes up, I'd really have no problem with it. I remember one time I was walking next to a car in traffic with a set of CCWs I really wanted and it was the first time I'd seen them in person. I was taking the opportunity to really check them out because I'd only seem them in pictures. I asked the guy "Those wheels look great! Are the real or reps?". His response was "they don't make reps of this model", and his light turned green and he took off. It's possible I offended him but I hope not as it was genuine curiosity. Someone else mentioned the practicality of owning a replica watch. If someone asks you if the watch is a replica, it may be that they think the watch looks great and if it is in fact a replica, maybe they'd be more inclined to pick one up if it isn't a monumental purchase. It's really hard to offend me for asking an honest question, though. Maybe I give people a lot of leeway.
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Tony mentioned some good car/watch partnerships...to which I'll add some racing examples - namely, the Rolex 24 hours at Daytona, and the newly formed Tudor United SportsCar Championship. And anyone among us who's seen pictures of Paul Newman rocking his Rolex Daytona back in his early racing days can hardly deny that fast cars and beautiful watches just seem to naturally go together.
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PS. If you want a "Swiss" replica that you would have to open up to determine if it's real, you will pay more than $50, $100....more like $300-500. But they are still not up to par with quality. I bought one while in college and was self consciousness about wearing a fake watch, I already explained that above.
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All that aside, it's the boorishness that ticked me off. I just don't see that as the sort of question that one asks. Maybe I'm too old fashioned. I know folks feel comfortable asking damn near anything of anyone these days. I know if it were a fake thing that someone complimented, I would be quick to thank them and tell them it's a copy or whatever. If they criticized it, I would accept the critique and share what I do like about it and ask them about similar items that they perhaps do enjoy. After all, if you know that you don't like watch X or artwork X, then you must know enough about the genre to have some that you do like. Maybe I like that too and we do have something in common. As I said, maybe I'm just too "old school." But isn't that the way civilized people have conversations and freely express their thoughts and opinions. All the best.
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If by "poor" you mean folks such as Chinese nationals who don't have good jobs, I'd agree. I'd even agree if you mean Chinese nationals who have good jobs that don't pay as well as the jobs expats in China hold, again, I'd agree. Outside of that, I can't tell you what "people" usually do, poor or not-poor. It makes sense to me that poor folks would buy fakes seeing as the fakes aren't expensive in comparison to many alternatives, and certainly in comparison to the authentic alternative. But plenty of non-poor folks buy fakes too. Every consultant I have staffed in the PRC (~100 Westerners) has bought at least one fake. Now they may be poor, but they only reason is because they spend every penny they earn. I know it's not because they aren't well paid. To the contrary, they are exceptionally well paid and they are living expense free in the PRC. Indeed, their daily per diem, which is expected just to cover dinner, amounts to about $20K/year and I know damn well they aren't actually spending that much to eat dinner because it's hard to do. All the best.
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It might sound harsh, but I find that if you cannot afford the real thing you probably shouldn't buy it. Fake watches: posers. Fake Louis bag: posers. Fake Gucci belt: posers.
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That's exactly what I was thinking. But then again many if us do buy replica parts for our cars. Either way, I don't like to buy fake products that I wear, that's just me. I'm sure there are tons of great replica stuff out there.
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Don't do it! Set a goal and treat yourself to that special watch for achieving it. In 1998 I had a great year with business and earned an amount of money I always thought of as a serious threshold to exceed. So I bought a Rolex submariner that I always admired as a timeless classic that would be respected forever. I paid $2,800 which was a 15% discount off the MSRP at the time. I have worn that watch almost every day for 16 years and it is still as in style and admired as it was the day I bought it. If fact, even though the new ones have a better bracelet design, there is something about mine being old that makes it special to me. Ive since added a breguet and blancpain flyback crono to my collection, but the submariner reminds me to this day of achieving my goal. As an aside, I could sell that watch used today for about $4,000 after wearing it for 16 years!
Never sell yourself short. Better to wear a classic timex than a fake rolex. A nice watch will win you a LOT of respect, and you will never feel like you are lying to yourself. Character is how you act when no one is watching. Think about this... How would you explain your fake watch to your 8 year old son? Last edited by NewM3driver; 03-07-2014 at 11:43 PM.. |
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For some peeps who literally thought I was for real that there is a fake M3, I was basically trying to prove a point that why would you want anything fake when you can get the real thing! I can spot a fake whether it's boobs, purse, shoes or watch a mile away! (figuratively speaking of course). So, for those who do buy fake stuff...good for you....just don't flaunt it like it's real cause you are just basically pretending... ![]() |
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ah so naive, standing on the shoulders of others and pointing a finger. everything you know came from someone else? do you really question it? with these comments its obvious not an original thinker.
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no, people arent impressed by watches unless they know about watches. most normal people have no idea how much a specific watch costs.
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I think it's pretty amazing how far replicas have come. This topic got me thinking and I started browsing youtube and I found this video comparing an authentic Rolex to several replicas. I'll be honest, all of those replicas except for the first one look immaculate to me, especially the one with the same color scheme as the authentic.
Personally I don't care about watches so I'd never buy a watch like this real or fake. But it's interesting nonetheless. Looking from the outside in, I'm struggling to rationalize why the authentic costs $10,000 while these replicas cost maybe $100 or $200 (or even less). I don't understand where all of that $10,000 is in materials and labor. It appears, at first glance, that $9000 of that is just profit margin and brand inflation. But again this really isn't my field of expertise so I'll defer to those who collect watches regularly. It almost seemed like the reviewer was struggling to come up with sensible reasons for why the authentic rolex costs so much more than the replicas. Look at the replica at 4:44 and compare it to the authentic watch at the end. Edit (merged posts): The one at 6:14 is even better. He keeps talking about how the "crown guards overlap the bottom of the crown" on the fake @ 6:14 compared to the real one shown at the end. What's he talking about? He also claims the magnification of the date is the highest on the authentic. I don't see that at all. They all look similar (at least from the video). The replica at 6:14 uses an "eta movement" which, from my cursory google search, appears to be a movement that's used in some respectable (albeit not necessarily high end) watch brands like breitling. I will say though as a casual observer, the very first replica shown in the video looks absolutely awful. I'm really focusing on the replica shown at 6:14. Just to be clear, I'm not at all criticizing anyone who spends $10,000 on an authentic submariner. In the past, I used to question people spending money on what I deemed to be a waste, but I realized how arrogant that point of view was (thanks to many useful posts from people like tony20009 and others!) because placing value on luxury non-essentials is necessarily arbitrary. Last edited by NemesisX; 03-08-2014 at 01:38 AM.. |
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Well this thread turned out about how I imagined with a mixed bag of well balanced and DB replies.
I think we sometimes forget just how lucky we are, a different spin of the cosmic roulette wheel and any of us could have ended up working a farm in remote China or scrabbling round a rubbish tip in Africa looking for lunch. I don't think we have a right to our good fortune so it seems a bit arrogant of some to slam people who buy a cheap version of something they could not otherwise afford. If an expensive watch does it for you then brilliant, if you can't or don't want to pay big $$$ for one then is always: http://www.replica-watch.info/vb/forum.php I have a replica IWC, I really like the look of it and wear it ever day. No one has ever asked me if its real and I doubt anyone ever will. No one cares what watch someone else wears. Last edited by SenorFunkyPants; 03-08-2014 at 05:22 AM.. |
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