Archive for January, 2011

If you want to buy a daily watch, just skip gold plating models and directly go for stainless steel versions that age much better. But if gold plating versions are OK for occasional use.

Do some home work before buying. You¡¯d better compare the replica with the pictures of the gen.
Here just list the things you must examine when doing comparison:

Look carefully at the crown guards, especially if they overlap the base of the crown when its screwed down, be suspicious if the rep pictures only show the crown unscrewed.

The rehaut (the metal ring between the crystal and the dial) should be near vertical. But some reps are so sloped they look like a wok.

The magnification of the date window under the cyclops should be 2.5x, but many reps get this wrong. Look at the gen pics or in a jeweler’s window to learn how it should look

The pearl in the bezel (non GMT watches) is a thing of beauty on the gens, most reps have more of a zit

Dial printing is always sharper on the gens but reps are pretty good these days, some people look at the exact size and spacing of the ‘SWISS MADE’ at 6 O’clock but even the gens have some variationS.

The crystal should have a tiny laser etched crown on the underside at 6 O’clock, if you can see it then its probably too big

An auto with a 28,800 bph rate is a must. The latest 21j Asian movements can do this now. But if you want ETA the clone version is cheaper, and probably the best option these days (you may well get one anyway, even if you pay an extra $100 for a Swiss ETA).

Bear in mind that only Rolex sell a perfect sub so all reps have flaws and don’t get too picky about them and remember that most of people can not even spot a fairly poor fake watch but they will just simply assume it is because it bears the name of Rolex.

The cold plate on the gold-plated watch is 14K gold mostly, and this kind of gold also contains a certain amount of silver apart from 58.5% pure gold. The silver could react with some evaporable industrial waste gases in the air, making the surface produce a layer of black silver sulfide film which could make the gold-plated watch lose golden shine.

Therefore, you must protect your gold-plated watch from chemical substances and waste gases such as coal gas, liquefied gas and sulfur soap and so on, and you should also keep your gold-plated watch dry and clean all the time, and you had better clean it with the lint once a week. Additionally, the chloride in the sweat could also erode the gold-plated watch, so you should clean the sweat on the watch on time in case that the sweat could make your watch lose its original shine.
Apart from above notes we should bear on mind, we should also maintain the gold-plated watch carefully in daily life in order to keep its original shine all the time. 

First, when you are doing cleaning work, we should remove the gold-plated watch, because the chemical substances in the cleanser could change the gloss of the watch.
Second, you should avoid your watch to get in touch with the high evanescent substances such as perfume and hair spray and so on, or your watch could fade.
Third, you had better take off your watch when you are swimming incase the surface layer of the watch could have chemical changes when it meets the seawater or the pool water.
Fourth, you should wrap your watch with lint and put it in the jewelry box carefully later, and in this way you could avoid your watch to conflict with the jewelry box and to get damaged.