Indexer Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Hi All I have acquired a watch - Patek Philippe. I have no idea if it is real or fake are there any experts out there that could receive some images and give me some insight or challenges to see if we can uncover the truth. Regards Nik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Can you give us a little background Info? or do you prefer to keep this by PM only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromag Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Hi Nik, I'm sure you will get some good info. You may want to upload the pictures to http://photobucket.com and then copy the IMG Code into the post here for all to see the pictures. That will probably work best. The IMG code looks like this [.IMG]http://i73.photobuck...ey/Welcome1.jpg without that dot --> [.IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indexer Posted August 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 No secrets - I will attempt to upload some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indexer Posted August 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Edited August 23, 2012 by Indexer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Im afraid those have been harshly re-sized and from such small pictures, one can not tell very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotomic Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 You gotta post higher resolution pics. Can't see anything. Easiest way to tell if it's fake: check the movement engravings. Real Pateks have beautiful gold engravings on the movement. Replicas have pretty ugly engravings on the rotor only, and almost never any engravings on the rest of the movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotomic Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Also, from the dial I can see the watch had several complications including moon phase, which means the watch should cost around $100K if genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeSentier Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 that's a golden sticker on the rotor...guess patek prefer to engrave their rotors wouldn't expect to have purchased a gen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflyingdutchman Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Fake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indexer Posted August 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Guys - thanks for your input so far. http://www.flickr.com/photos/foadsphotos/7846785834/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/foadsphotos/7846786332/ The above links should give better pics - should drop you into my Flickr account to see the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhitesox Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflyingdutchman Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Max, 150 USD.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indexer Posted August 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) FlyingDutchman - thanks for the swift response. Pity it's a fake but I guess when you get given a watch the chances of it being worth real money is very low. What are the tell tale signs then? Thanks for investing the time. Edited August 24, 2012 by Indexer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotomic Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 If you like the watch it can still be nice to have. 99% of the population can't tell a fake, remember we are geeks here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 The tells here is every thing about the watch there is no one thing that gives it away more than the whole. Go to a Patel dealer and have a look at the real ones It is the difference between a cheep Korean car and a bespoke rolls Royce, not a normal rolls but a bespoke one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 From your small photos I suspected a chinese movement, and the larger pics prove it. Look at the movement in the watch. It's cheap stamped metal. A real Patek is decorated and polished and full of hand craftsmanship. Sorry for your loss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 From your small photos I suspected a chinese movement, and the larger pics prove it. Look at the movement in the watch. It's cheap stamped metal. A real Patek is decorated and polished and full of hand craftsmanship. Sorry for your loss! It was given to him...so he got lucky. No money out of pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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