Asian Watch Dealers

[BigSlickAK]

Been to HK a few times in the past 2 years. Noticed something last time I was at Rolex AD.

Picked up the ladies Rolex and flipped it around to see the cheap butterfly lug holders holding the bracelet.

Not the only reason I wanted to see this was because the friend I was staying with...her fiance bought her one of these $5,000 lady datejust and that's the first thign I noticed. Cuz it screams REP.

Went all over the internet yesterday night looking for pics of the casebacks (Lady Rolex) and sure enough, the lug holder to bracelet is flush with just a teeny little crescent piece that sticks out over the caseback body.

I'll continue when I get home. But I have a feeling that this whole phenom of great buys in HK are attributed to the fact that these places rip off every other tourist that visits that city.

Got a true story coming up about my wife's TAG that she bought in HK years ago with papers, box, etc. Will show the photo evidence and the story of her disgust when I told her it was a REP, yesterday.

[Highflyingclive]

HK = Mamon. No doubt about it.

Still love the place, even though the usual rules of retail commerce do not apply.

[who]

if you want to buy (any) genuine stuff in HK, you can not save a few bux and goto some place which is not AD or your are not 100% sure they are AD.