New Collector "Faked pictures" ? WTF?

[oberblender]

Look at this lumeshot...

This has to be faked! What do you say?

http://www.prowatch-polo.com/showpic_big.a...284.jpg&s=3

(http://www.prowatch-polo.com/showpic.asp?ArticleID=873 )

what do you think?

this is kind of strange...

Edited July 8, 2009 by oberblender

[ammandel]

Why? looks like standard rep lume to me! Bet it stays like that for about 3 seconds then fades to nothing.. Same as always

[oberblender]

nah, I mean how could the writing be lumed?

it is a sandwich dial... only the numerals can be lumed...

[silverspeed]

I don't see anything unusual about the pic, other then the 10secs exposure according to the exif data

Looks like normal rep lume

[kbiz]

yeah charge standard rep with super bright led light take pic immediately... lume dead in 10 secs...

[oberblender]

I am talking about the lumed writing and the red dot!

[By-Tor]

No comment about that picture... but lots of people seem to fake their lume shots these days. Here and in the gen forums too. It's not nice.

I have done doctored lume shots as well... but I have never "colored" anything... just used the double layer PhotoShop trick... and ALWAYS mentioned about it. This picture is a good example of 2/layers /dark shot/light shot combined together.

Easy way to spot a fake lume shot (esp. Rolex) is the complete lack of green reflection on the rehaut and crystal. Any bozo can use the lasso tool and color the lumed areas green, but faking the reflection is much tougher.

The layer trick is fun to do occasionally but not "authentic"... but completely fake PS lume is totally embarrassing (at least when you don't mention about it).

[TeeJay]

Given the inconsistent level of illumination of the markings (bright and dark spots in the same mark) I think it could well be an untampered photo...

[oberblender]

if it is not fake it would have to be some kind of new dial with glowing writing... don't even think the gen has that... (strange however is that the hands have no lume at all, but the red dot is glowing...) red lume???

[Pugwash]

if it is not fake it would have to be some kind of new dial with glowing writing... don't even think the gen has that... (strange however is that the hands have no lume at all, but the red dot is glowing...) red lume???

Glowing writing is nothing special. If the dial is screen-printed, it's simple enough.

Here are some of my unfaked lumeshots:

Gen Seiko

Rep Panerai with not-so-good lume:

Rep IWC with ok lume:

[TeeJay]

if it is not fake it would have to be some kind of new dial with glowing writing... don't even think the gen has that... (strange however is that the hands have no lume at all, but the red dot is glowing...) red lume???

Red lume is not an impossibility. Also, if the factory are silkscreening the lume onto the dial, it's certainly possible that they included the branding in that process (such as the silkscreened lume on the IWC Aquatimer bezel)...

Given that Polo is a new dealer, I would think that the admin have taken steps to ensure that photos are accurate to the product displayed

[Guest HaloArchive]

Now, this would be a fake lume.

[JohnG]

Not faked nope. As already said, probably doesn't last long though.

Why do you think there is no such thing a lumed printing? Or red lume?

Where do people get these ideas?

[Jkay]

Now, this would be a fake lume.

Well ... with a 10 second exposure, as the EXIF data reveals, a faint lume can appear to be brilliant. There's no way to tell without a side-by-side comparison.

[BROM]

How do you tell time on that watch I cannot see the hands

[capice]

I think the red dot is the glow of the camera, the iptcdata of this pic says it has an 10sec of exposure so it's probably made with a selftimer explaining the red lightdot, to me this is not a faked shot, maybe pushed the saturation a bit

[JohnG]

I think the red dot is the glow of the camera, the iptcdata of this pic says it has an 10sec of exposure so it's probably made with a selftimer explaining the red lightdot, to me this is not a faked shot, maybe pushed the saturation a bit

nope, it is the second hand, this is a u-boat.

[oberblender]

hmmm strange.... why would the put glowing text on the dial...

really don't think the gen has that... (if this is real this has to be some strange new version of the watch)

[theflyingdutchman]

Okay, besides the pic discussion what do you think about www.prowatch-polo.com

[JohnG]

Okay, besides the pic discussion what do you think about www.prowatch-polo.com

don't know them, looks interesting..... noobs should stay away until more experienced members have tested them out

[capice]

communication taks a while sometimes............................

[trailboss]

nope, it is the second hand, this is a u-boat.

Good point.

Col.

[rower]

Faked lume pics of a fake watch...what's this world coming to?

Thank you for "shedding some light" on this!

I guess you have to be "bright" to figure all this out.

[FxrAndy]

Have non have you noticed that there is no lume on the hands, so it does not matter how good or bad the lume is on the dial if you cant see the freeking hands.