What do you guys say when asked if its real or rep??

[dadog13]

i always tell it is a rep....

[djtimodj]

bump muk bumpy!! sorry i just like this topic !

[Chronus]

bump muk bumpy!! sorry i just like this topic !

It was already near the top, no need to bump it!

[Highflyingclive]

The best reply I've heard, although I never used it is:

"I don't know, I took it off a dead guy."

Thanks for that - I really laughed out loud!

I just hope that I get the opportunity to use it someday

[Hok]

The best reply I've heard, although I never used it is:

"I don't know, I took it off a dead guy."

[Chronus]

Thanks for that - I really laughed out loud!

I just hope that I get the opportunity to use it someday

Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

[TJGladeRaider]

The best reply I've heard, although I never used it is:

"I don't know, I took it off a dead guy."

Ohhhhhhh man! Now that's going to be my forever reply . . . that's hysterical!

Bill

[SubFrog]

Don't ask...Don't tell.

But, I did divulge a secret to a friend about aBay or aSpire...now he owns a rep.

[that_watch_guy]

I've never had anyone ask me if any if my watches were authentic or not. I think it's actually fairly rude to ask, it's almost as if you are questioning a person's means to buy anything expensive. Then again, I stay away from flashy things like Jacob & Co. diamond encrusted waches and solid gold rolex watches.

If someone is a true watch entheusiest, and they aren't a total snobby jackass, I'll fess up and let them inspect it. Mostly, I still think it's rude to ask someone if something they are wearing is "real" or not.

[Highflyingclive]

Nobody... NOBODY... has ever asked me. My friends know my watches are replicas... strangers would never ask. Not in England. Brits would never be so impertinent.

[Chronus]

If someone is a true watch entheusiest, and they aren't a total snobby jackass

What about fundamentalist Paneristi ?

[ehtolcad]

that generally falls under the total snobby jackass category

[ubiquitous]

Whenever I'm asked about one of my vintage Rolex frankensteins I just straight up tell them the truth- I built it! Some parts are genuine, some parts are aftermarket... At that point people are more interested in the fact that I built the watch up than if it's real or fake. And then I'm typically asked if I can build them one...

[Chronus]

that generally falls under the total snobby jackass category

Whenever I'm asked about one of my vintage Rolex frankensteins I just straight up tell them the truth- I built it! Some parts are genuine, some parts are aftermarket... At that point people are more interested in the fact that I built the watch up than if it's real or fake. And then I'm typically asked if I can build them one...

Can you build me one ?

[fliieiieilie]

This is what I say...

"It's real but got it cheap because it's stolen."

"Is that your real hair?"

"On the record? It's a fake. Off the record? It's real. "

"It's not necessarily not unlike the real thing." (By the time they figure that out, you're gone.)

"Of course it's real, you can touch it"

"It's a hallucination."

"The watch is real, I'm a fake."

"It's a trick watch."

"It's as real as me sleeping with your wife!"

"It's real but I replaced the band, case, and movement."

"I don't know if it's real. It came with my artificial arm."

[Chronus]

"I don't know if it's real. It came with my artificial arm."

[ubiquitous]

Can you build me one ?

Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Edited May 22, 2006 by ubiquitous

[watcher71]

I have only had one person ask "is it real"...and I said, no...its a fake. I have had about 9 or 10 notice and say "nice watch" without identifying if they recongnize the brand, and to them I also say its a fake. I also explain it as a hobby and that I collect replicas of many many watches.

I could not imagine lying about it and having someone say "no, it is fake"

[BILL44]

I usually have several gens so no one really asks me is that a Rep. If asked I say its is truly a real watch.

[Chronus]

Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

You get it

[Chronus]

I have only had one person ask "is it real"...and I said, no...its a fake. I have had about 9 or 10 notice and say "nice watch" without identifying if they recongnize the brand, and to them I also say its a fake. I also explain it as a hobby and that I collect replicas of many many watches.

I could not imagine lying about it and having someone say "no, it is fake"

If it's some dodgy looking guy (eg. someone that looks like me), then i say it's fake. If not, then i dont have to say anything

actually the first situation has never happened.

[Wyvern]

One of the guys in my office came in with a Canal Street Breitling Chrono and was trying to pass it off as a Gen, I couldn't stand by and let him do that, so I gave him the smackdown and embarrased the hell out of him (It's OK he's a pompous ass) He then began to question my watches and asked if the Omega Seamaster I was wearing was real or not (I have several Reps and a few Gens, the SM happens to be one of the few Gens) and he said he bet it was a fake, So I bet him $200 on it. Needless to say with a large panel of my co-workers judging, we went to each of the watches Web Sites, and looked for the differences, His were Legion, Of course mine had none. Best $200 I ever earned, I am going to put it towards a 4th Gen PO I think.

[djtimodj]

nice way to earn respect off the co workers!! lol. wear a cheaper gen get it called out as a fake and then make them look a fool when you prove them wrong!!

[Dani]

if they ask repliace or real i say replica

[Casey]

The only people who have asked that qeustion are people who have seen me with a replica rolex on. They don't ask about the panerai's, they only say nice watch.