grew Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 I bought what was guaranteed to me to be a genuine Panerai Rubber Strap with Genuine Deployant. Is there really any way to know for sure that is is indeed genuine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txcollector Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 show a shot of the underside of the clasp. You should have some engraving there. And do you have a rep PAM rubber? If you do you can tell immediately. The rep is very stiff and the OEM malleable. Colorwise they are very close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grew Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 show a shot of the underside of the clasp. You should have some engraving there. And do you have a rep PAM rubber? If you do you can tell immediately. The rep is very stiff and the OEM malleable. Colorwise they are very close. When you say underside of the clasp what do you mean? I have a picture of the bottom side of the clasp and it is engraved PRMG. The rubber is very nice flexible and soft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougaree Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 From looking at the quality of the deployant and engravings, it doesn't look like gen to me. Since I don't have anything here to compare, I could be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txcollector Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 When you say underside of the clasp what do you mean? I have a picture of the bottom side of the clasp and it is engraved PRMG. The rubber is very nice flexible and soft pic of the underside of this part. Some models come with engraving under it. If the rubber is soft that's probably a gen. There are other rep straps that are soft but the look/color are off. Compare with a rep. What happens some time is for folks to sell an OEM strap with a rep buckle. The OEM rubber runs for $100 and the buckle for $300-350. If you've paid less than $200 for the set that's probably a rep buckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grew Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 No engravings... its fake. I'm [censored]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txcollector Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 the lack of engraving is not necessarily an indication of a rep though. If you had it then it would be for sure OEM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grew Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 On further inspection the finishing isn't that impressive...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denisegold Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grew Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Rep Why do you say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babola Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Sorry mate, doesn't look good. The level of finish in general and rough engraving is only some of the tells. The text embossing on rubber underside is also off, both by thickness and the shape of the font. There's been about 5-6 different Pam rep rubber iterations I've come acros during the last 5-6 years. Some were made harder some softer and more pliable. Sometimes it's really hard to tell rep vs gen rubber strap, the latest one that comes with A7753-Daylights is one example of a great replication almost impossible to tell by the naked eye, but yours is quite off, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subbiesrock Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 eBay? Everything on there is fake mate... Deployants and rubber straps are difficult to tell apart and there's a massive trade on eBay for such items. PAM and Breitling parts are so expensive and their REP counterparts very cheap and of good quality, it makes sense. Funnily enough, the only relatively safe place to buy GENs is at a place where people know the difference, ie, RWG ;o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 An easy tell is it to look at the release mechanism. The rep has a punched hole to hold the spring loaded ball in place, while the gen doesn't have this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grew Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Here's mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 There's also a difference between the gen and the rep on how the pushers are held in... I forgot the difference, but they are noticeable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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