archierocks Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 REAL OR REP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droptopman Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 No idea, but it is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dazza Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Pretty sure its a rep. Hands are wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc33 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Rep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms family is rife with imposters. Hands, dial, and especially the bezel look wrong to me, so I lean toward rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yawn Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 This is a rep because: radiation signis off, plus there should be a cross on radiation sign; hands are wrong; bezel number shape is wrong (the shape of '3'); bezel is not raised, the texture is also wrong; 'Aqua lung' should be raised from dial in sliver colour, this one is not; Lume looks very cheap and not aged; 'SWISS MADE T<25MC' is wrong, Aqua Lung version should only have 'SWISS MADE'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archierocks Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 its on the bay bid starting at $2000 lol no bids yet ends in 12 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 radiation signis off, plus there should be a cross on radiation sign; Ha, good catch! Unless it's the super-rare, "YES, RADIATIONS" Aqua Lung! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubeistan Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Soo wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraggle42 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I love the knowledge that's here from you guys! Amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yawn Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 its on the bay bid starting at $2000 lol no bids yet ends in 12 hours This is not going to end well Another tell is the 'automatic', gen doesn't have the third line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Ebay is and has been full of rep Blancpain's for years. I believe that a lot of them in the past have come out of Vietnam, same place as the rep Omega Seamaster 300's. Some of them are really good, almost good enough to fool folks, but they all have tells, like they were using the same serial number and/or issue number. Another good way to tell is the condition of the watch. Most of the vintage Blancpain's were issued watches, and even those that weren't were sold in Dive shops, and they were all used as tool watches. Remember back then, Blancpain was a tool watch, they didn't become luxury "desk divers" until much later Most of them, especially the military issued watches are beat to crap, of course they can be, and many have been restored, but they won't have that "fresh from the factory" look like the one above. Many look like these two old Doxas that were French Navy issued. I got these restored, but they certainly didn't look "like New" when complete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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