chrgod Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 The Sales corner on Timezone is usually a replica-free and safe zone, I have had some nice deals there. However, this SuperOcean Steelfish, made me suspicious... The seller actually uses a very familiar studio-picture to advertise his watch! Same picture as Andrew and Josh!.. And the phrase: "Unfortunately, it was sold to me without box and paperwork, just Tourneau Boxes, thus the low price..." (1200 USD) Steelfish on Timezone The picture of the actual watch for sale are a bit blury... But, I actually think it looks better than the rep.. I am not that familiar with the Steelfish rep, but the tail on the "s" in SuperOcean is straight, and it is slightly curved on the gen. Also, the pearl and date font look rather good on this one? I guess it was just a question of time before someone tried to rip off somebody with the new Steelfish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z80 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 It's blurry, but the bottom pic looks like a gen. Notice the older bracelet, the thinner metal surrounding the date and the smaller serifs on the numbers (can really only see the 9 on the bottom pic, but it looks right. EDIT.. OK. It's the TOP pic hes selling!!! It's DEFINATELY a rep.. for all the reasons stated above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris5264 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 I saw this on TZ also and had a similar reaction. On the one hand,,,,,yes, good price but perhaps too good. I'm no expert but the pearl on the top is a rep, but the pearl on the bottom one looks good. However, I would need some better pics before I got this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplehd Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Ha, you beat me to it. I was just viewing the TZ sales and section and saw the same post. Now, if you look at the pic from his post and compare to say, Andy's, it's the same pic, but without Andy's emblem. Yep - the pics are a bit blurry as well. He states no box or papers - hence the low price. Smells fishy..... Maybe we can report TZ to paypal for selling reps, huh? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z80 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Ok, going to backtrack again! lol, was too fast to reply both times.. the pic in his sale post is a rep, the pics of the actual watch hes selling is real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Rep the edges on the 12,6,9 are too rounded, gen look flatter from what i have seen before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris5264 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Ok, going to backtrack again! lol, was too fast to reply both times.. the pic in his sale post is a rep, the pics of the actual watch hes selling is real. Perhaps putting up a picture of a rep was very much on purpose, like hey I know there are good reps but here is mine to compare it to. Kind of makes sense without papers, but should have included a high quality picture of the actual watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Maybe he is selling a gen, but uses a picture of a rep in the advert! That would be a new way of advertising.. It might be possible that he just has google-searced for a nice Steelfish picture to front his ad.. And have just linked to the "actual pictures".. Maybe this is another proof of how good our reps are.. Even the owner of a gen dont recognize a picture of a replica. But, the whole package seems fishy. The Steelfish is a pretty new model, so it is weird to have lost the papers already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b16a2 Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Does sound a bit suspicious to me! I would want some other pictures of the watch. The pic at the top is a rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario33 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Still seems fishy to me. The straightline that preceeds the 'S' in 'SuperOcean' doesn't look slightly curved like the gen should...perhaps picture too blurry to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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