Okay, guys, I'm sorry it's taken so long, but I said I would check it out and report back and that's what Im doing. I sent the watch up to Victor Chow -- he is a trusted watch smith on RWI (and he worked for Audemars Piguet servicing gens for 20 years), and the verdict is.....FAKE! He says it's an Asian 7750 not Swiss 7753. I stand humbled before all of the wizened members who warned me--I should have heeded your advice. That said, as many of us believe, the joy is more in the hunt, perhaps, than the acquisition and in that I take some solace, albeit at the cost of a few hundred dollars.