Patek Philippe - Fake?

[Indexer]

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

[maxman]

Can you give us a little background Info? or do you prefer to keep this by PM only?

[Cromag]

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]

[Indexer]

No secrets - I will attempt to upload some pics.

[Indexer]

Edited August 23, 2012 by Indexer

[Jkay]

Im afraid those have been harshly re-sized and from such small pictures, one can not tell very much.

[Robotomic]

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.

[Robotomic]

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.

[LeSentier]

that's a golden sticker on the rotor...guess patek prefer to engrave their rotors

wouldn't expect to have purchased a gen....

[theflyingdutchman]

Fake!

[Indexer]

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.

[bwhitesox]

Fake

[theflyingdutchman]

Max, 150 USD....

[Indexer]

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

[Robotomic]

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...

[FxrAndy]

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!

[Jkay]

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!

[maxman]

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.