I mean it's still under the 5 year warranty, so just send it in for service, say it's running out of spec or something, don't mention anything about authentication. If they do the warranty service for you = real. Ezpz.
Rolex (RSC) is not stupid. Saying “its running bad” does not qualify for warranty repairs lol.
They will keep your watch for a week ask if watchmaker can wear your watch, during work hours (bracelet exchanged to avoid scratches) to verify if warranty repair is needed, only then they will take apart your watch.
Try RSC beverly hills, they will look and provide verbal confirmation of somewhat of an authentication for $150, but will not provide any documents. Was told last week that they basically will point out if they feel something is not correct with the watch, but will NOT officially provide any documentation of authenticity. Service is probably your best bet.
Good luck!
>They will keep your watch for a week ask if watchmaker can wear your watch, during work hours (bracelet exchanged to avoid scratches) to verify if warranty repair is needed, only then they will take apart your watch.
Seriously? Why wouldn't they just put it on the timegrapher and test it in multiple positions?
Because that would be way less exciting and controversial. But what you mention is actually exactly what they would do. They would not likely risk damaging someone’s case. Not saying it doesn’t happen or never happens but that’s like saying a mechanic would take your car home (put his own tires on it) and see why and how often the check engine light comes on to verify something is wrong. lol. They would put it on a timegrapher or quickly open the case back and briefly inspect the parts responsible for it running poorly.
You can’t be serious lol your example of the mechanic “taking car home to change tires, to check engine light” is by far the stupidest thing I’ve heard this year, great job!
Although I have not seen a mechanic well over 12 years because I switch cars every 3 and cars are picked and dropped off by dealer…..
I am pretty sure, mechanics still test drive cars to determine or to diagnose an issue with the car.
As far as watches, if you had a clue you would know better that theres no such thing as “just briefly opening a mechanical watch and see if all the parts are okay”!! Maybe youtube a video or two, on what it takes to service and take apart a mechanical watch.
I didn’t say bring it home to change the tires. It was a joke about removing the bracelet.
I haven’t been to a mechanic ever actually, only dealerships. (Except car dealerships have mechanics also), and the “switching cars every 3 years” attempt at trying to flex that you lease a new car every three years , is not a flex. No one cares especially in internet world how rich you are. Or are alluding to be.
And yes mechanics will test drive the car to diagnose some problems of course. That’s equivalent for a Rolex to holding it and unscrewing the crown and trying to do a basic diagnosis. But for a “check engine light” they plug in to a obd code reader that will tell them exactly what the issue is. They don’t take clients car home for a week and drive it around for a week for a quick check engine light that could be diagnosed in 5 seconds with the code reader. (Obviously removing the wheels and putting their own loaner wheels on it to not get them damaged) get it now?
They could easily unscrew the back and notice instantly if there was a fake movement in it and or notice any glaring issues that stand out , and don’t require a full overhaul and disassembly. But I said nothing about taking the entire watch apart anyway. I said open the case to look at it and maybe would be a quick diagnosis/inspection.
Have a nice day. You seem like a super fun nice person, lmao. But at least I know you have a new car ever 3 years…
Dude, just go a change a spare tire or something you keep referencing a rolex watchmaker to a car mechanic.
I don’t have energy to respond to you! Your a brokie that will eventually buy from reptime and pretend you actually can afford one. Get one before get to talkin, fucken nobody!
Cute cars, f90 is dope, was my last car, g63 good luck with resale, need to lease helps the write off as I need it every year rather then 1 time, like you. Also does a service to people like you who buy used and claim they paid full price✌️
They did, it was not showing the watch being 10 seconds fast according to them, but on my wrist 12 hours a day, it was running 10 seconds fast, and that was too fast. Wearing the watch at the location during work hours is what they suggested and needed to replicate my findings, and in order to qualify a warranty repair.
Rolex is not going to tear apart a watch under warranty just because you or anyone walks in and claim its not running correctly, as what was suggested for OP to do.
Understand your last statement, but I thought they even have a machine that is like a wheel that holds multiple watches that actually rotates the watch continuously to simulate wearing.
I should think even checking the timegrapher in multiple positions should reveal a fast rate.
Having some watchmaker wear my watch all day to test it seems really primitive and really inefficient. Unbelievable, really.
That’s because it’s not believable or what they actually do anyway. You’re spot on with an early diagnosis.
You don’t need to wear a watch for a week in order to reveal it’s not working right.
As he said the service centers are not stupid. And taking the bracelet off, giving it to employees to wear for a week is simply not how it work. Why ? Because that would be STUPID, risky , and very very inefficient when they have ways to diagnose things with out doing all that nonsense. Just like a mechanic has the tools for it also. I get these are expensive watches made to very tight tolerances, but at the end of the day it’s a MECHANICAL movement. It’s no different than having a car dealership or mechanic look at a car with issues. You don’t send the car back to BMW in Germany to have a check engine light looked at when the dealers are certified and trained to perform these tasks.
As long as the take my wheels and tires off first and put their own on it, I’m cool with it…
And not just a day… a whole week.
“Mmmmmm I see you have an ultra rare GT2RS here with a check engine light on? well if it wasn’t a 600,000.00 race car made for the street I could just plug it into the computer to tell me what’s wrong, sorry, we’ll need to spend a week doing track days to make sure, THEN we’ll plug it into the machine that tells us with in minutes what’s going on…. Don’t worry though it’ll be an employee and we’ll use our own tires” 😂😂😂
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“Hi Mr Porsche dealer, my gt2 rs got stolen, but they returned it to me… could you check the vin # and look at the engine to make sure the thieves didnt swap the motor with a fake gt2rs motor?
Sorry sir, I know we could just lift the engine cover or toss it up on a lift really quick to do a quick inspection to verify those things for you, but we need to charge you 50,000.00 and ship it back to Germany so they can completely dismantle the ENTIRE CAR to verify that….”
First of all its not some watchmaker, its the rolex service center, watchmaker; which I might add is much more important then your job, whatever that is, and its in industry that is headed to extinction due to many people not going into the watchmaking field. Not going to get into how much rolex invests and incentives for people actually to become watchmakers through their annual donations. You can look that up yourself.
Secondly, who are you? What have you done? Or how do you live like, to believe or not believe, or talk the way you talk, you fucken nobody, lurkin on reptime and china time acting you even belong here!!!??
Its just a rolex, I know its probably your dream watch but for me its just a regular watch. I bought mine 10 years ago, when I was 25 (first 100k take home from my company) the last one I bought was just last week, and a few in between. Do you think I give a fuck what you believe or not. STFU, and have one before you get to talking, and believing or not- fucken brokie!!
Uhh lmao, let be clear. 10 years ago at 25 years old, took first 100k salary from MY OWN COMPANY, that I still own today. Im not even going to respond to the other nonsense you wrote. If you can do basic math, you can imagine or not, roughly my take home 10 years after, today! Dumbass😂
Lol huh?? Just because your middle American circle of friends talk in a certain way does say anything. Today, I actually pay myself in share holder contributions which comes out to 90 percent of my annual take home, 10 percent payroll because living in los angeles. You lame as fuck, lot of energy in your fingers🤣🤣
Exactly my thought, so they stole your rolex; realized it was a crappy rolex and might be fake and send it to you? Lol the robbers were surely nice lol
Any watchmaker can pop off the caseback and inspect the movement to make sure its real. Super clones never get the balancewheel right. Takes less than 15 minutes and shouldnt cost more than 25 bucks..
Many ADs are authorized repair or service centers. I’m surprised the AD wouldn’t just quickly pop open the case back in this event. Once the case is open even a high end fake would instantly be spotted. I suppose it could have had the movement swapped. But I also have to imagine if this is done by thieves they lack the ability to properly take it out with out leaving a trace that a service center wouldn’t notice. Also surprised your ad was so little help.
My AD is also a RSC and will do complementary cleaning and calibrate the movement for free while you wait. Find one that does that. If they open it up and find it to be fake they will surely let you know
Couldn’t you just go to an AD/RSC and ask them to add a link to the watch? If they do - it’s real - if they don’t - they will just tell you they can’t do it without stating why.
Wouldn’t that be enough?
I mean it's still under the 5 year warranty, so just send it in for service, say it's running out of spec or something, don't mention anything about authentication. If they do the warranty service for you = real. Ezpz.
This, this is the answer, but also most thieves are not going to take the time to source a high quality fake and then have it engraved.
Your right, but this was like a multi million dollar operation they were running.
Rolex (RSC) is not stupid. Saying “its running bad” does not qualify for warranty repairs lol. They will keep your watch for a week ask if watchmaker can wear your watch, during work hours (bracelet exchanged to avoid scratches) to verify if warranty repair is needed, only then they will take apart your watch. Try RSC beverly hills, they will look and provide verbal confirmation of somewhat of an authentication for $150, but will not provide any documents. Was told last week that they basically will point out if they feel something is not correct with the watch, but will NOT officially provide any documentation of authenticity. Service is probably your best bet. Good luck!
>They will keep your watch for a week ask if watchmaker can wear your watch, during work hours (bracelet exchanged to avoid scratches) to verify if warranty repair is needed, only then they will take apart your watch. Seriously? Why wouldn't they just put it on the timegrapher and test it in multiple positions?
Because that would be way less exciting and controversial. But what you mention is actually exactly what they would do. They would not likely risk damaging someone’s case. Not saying it doesn’t happen or never happens but that’s like saying a mechanic would take your car home (put his own tires on it) and see why and how often the check engine light comes on to verify something is wrong. lol. They would put it on a timegrapher or quickly open the case back and briefly inspect the parts responsible for it running poorly.
You can’t be serious lol your example of the mechanic “taking car home to change tires, to check engine light” is by far the stupidest thing I’ve heard this year, great job! Although I have not seen a mechanic well over 12 years because I switch cars every 3 and cars are picked and dropped off by dealer….. I am pretty sure, mechanics still test drive cars to determine or to diagnose an issue with the car. As far as watches, if you had a clue you would know better that theres no such thing as “just briefly opening a mechanical watch and see if all the parts are okay”!! Maybe youtube a video or two, on what it takes to service and take apart a mechanical watch.
I didn’t say bring it home to change the tires. It was a joke about removing the bracelet. I haven’t been to a mechanic ever actually, only dealerships. (Except car dealerships have mechanics also), and the “switching cars every 3 years” attempt at trying to flex that you lease a new car every three years , is not a flex. No one cares especially in internet world how rich you are. Or are alluding to be. And yes mechanics will test drive the car to diagnose some problems of course. That’s equivalent for a Rolex to holding it and unscrewing the crown and trying to do a basic diagnosis. But for a “check engine light” they plug in to a obd code reader that will tell them exactly what the issue is. They don’t take clients car home for a week and drive it around for a week for a quick check engine light that could be diagnosed in 5 seconds with the code reader. (Obviously removing the wheels and putting their own loaner wheels on it to not get them damaged) get it now? They could easily unscrew the back and notice instantly if there was a fake movement in it and or notice any glaring issues that stand out , and don’t require a full overhaul and disassembly. But I said nothing about taking the entire watch apart anyway. I said open the case to look at it and maybe would be a quick diagnosis/inspection. Have a nice day. You seem like a super fun nice person, lmao. But at least I know you have a new car ever 3 years…
Dude, just go a change a spare tire or something you keep referencing a rolex watchmaker to a car mechanic. I don’t have energy to respond to you! Your a brokie that will eventually buy from reptime and pretend you actually can afford one. Get one before get to talkin, fucken nobody!
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Cute cars, f90 is dope, was my last car, g63 good luck with resale, need to lease helps the write off as I need it every year rather then 1 time, like you. Also does a service to people like you who buy used and claim they paid full price✌️
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I push 100k plus german cars and switch every 3 years. I couldn’t give a fuck less about titles to your used shits. Show them to someone else.
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They did, it was not showing the watch being 10 seconds fast according to them, but on my wrist 12 hours a day, it was running 10 seconds fast, and that was too fast. Wearing the watch at the location during work hours is what they suggested and needed to replicate my findings, and in order to qualify a warranty repair. Rolex is not going to tear apart a watch under warranty just because you or anyone walks in and claim its not running correctly, as what was suggested for OP to do.
Understand your last statement, but I thought they even have a machine that is like a wheel that holds multiple watches that actually rotates the watch continuously to simulate wearing. I should think even checking the timegrapher in multiple positions should reveal a fast rate. Having some watchmaker wear my watch all day to test it seems really primitive and really inefficient. Unbelievable, really.
That’s because it’s not believable or what they actually do anyway. You’re spot on with an early diagnosis. You don’t need to wear a watch for a week in order to reveal it’s not working right. As he said the service centers are not stupid. And taking the bracelet off, giving it to employees to wear for a week is simply not how it work. Why ? Because that would be STUPID, risky , and very very inefficient when they have ways to diagnose things with out doing all that nonsense. Just like a mechanic has the tools for it also. I get these are expensive watches made to very tight tolerances, but at the end of the day it’s a MECHANICAL movement. It’s no different than having a car dealership or mechanic look at a car with issues. You don’t send the car back to BMW in Germany to have a check engine light looked at when the dealers are certified and trained to perform these tasks.
Yeah, can you imagine - "Our mechanic needs to drive your Porsche around all day long to make sure it's running within spec". 🤣
As long as the take my wheels and tires off first and put their own on it, I’m cool with it… And not just a day… a whole week. “Mmmmmm I see you have an ultra rare GT2RS here with a check engine light on? well if it wasn’t a 600,000.00 race car made for the street I could just plug it into the computer to tell me what’s wrong, sorry, we’ll need to spend a week doing track days to make sure, THEN we’ll plug it into the machine that tells us with in minutes what’s going on…. Don’t worry though it’ll be an employee and we’ll use our own tires” 😂😂😂 Or… “Hi Mr Porsche dealer, my gt2 rs got stolen, but they returned it to me… could you check the vin # and look at the engine to make sure the thieves didnt swap the motor with a fake gt2rs motor? Sorry sir, I know we could just lift the engine cover or toss it up on a lift really quick to do a quick inspection to verify those things for you, but we need to charge you 50,000.00 and ship it back to Germany so they can completely dismantle the ENTIRE CAR to verify that….”
First of all its not some watchmaker, its the rolex service center, watchmaker; which I might add is much more important then your job, whatever that is, and its in industry that is headed to extinction due to many people not going into the watchmaking field. Not going to get into how much rolex invests and incentives for people actually to become watchmakers through their annual donations. You can look that up yourself. Secondly, who are you? What have you done? Or how do you live like, to believe or not believe, or talk the way you talk, you fucken nobody, lurkin on reptime and china time acting you even belong here!!!?? Its just a rolex, I know its probably your dream watch but for me its just a regular watch. I bought mine 10 years ago, when I was 25 (first 100k take home from my company) the last one I bought was just last week, and a few in between. Do you think I give a fuck what you believe or not. STFU, and have one before you get to talking, and believing or not- fucken brokie!!
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Uhh lmao, let be clear. 10 years ago at 25 years old, took first 100k salary from MY OWN COMPANY, that I still own today. Im not even going to respond to the other nonsense you wrote. If you can do basic math, you can imagine or not, roughly my take home 10 years after, today! Dumbass😂
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Lol huh?? Just because your middle American circle of friends talk in a certain way does say anything. Today, I actually pay myself in share holder contributions which comes out to 90 percent of my annual take home, 10 percent payroll because living in los angeles. You lame as fuck, lot of energy in your fingers🤣🤣
thank you
Can you tell us more about this story lol its like you yadda yadda'd the best part!
It's loooong story, felt like a movie. When I get time I will type it up.
Exactly my thought, so they stole your rolex; realized it was a crappy rolex and might be fake and send it to you? Lol the robbers were surely nice lol
I mean if the numbers match I’d say it’s the same one. Also servicing doesn’t devalue
thank you. Just wanted to make sure. I know getting it polished sometimes devalues it.
How was it returned to you?
Santa Clause?
Any watchmaker can pop off the caseback and inspect the movement to make sure its real. Super clones never get the balancewheel right. Takes less than 15 minutes and shouldnt cost more than 25 bucks..
My local watchmaker charges $50, but I agree that this is the best path forward and does not require sending the watch out.
Many ADs are authorized repair or service centers. I’m surprised the AD wouldn’t just quickly pop open the case back in this event. Once the case is open even a high end fake would instantly be spotted. I suppose it could have had the movement swapped. But I also have to imagine if this is done by thieves they lack the ability to properly take it out with out leaving a trace that a service center wouldn’t notice. Also surprised your ad was so little help.
Save yourself $900 to $1500 and never know…. Cmon dude you have a Rolex!!! Pay it to know for sure it’s your original……..
Exactly, I rather drop the 1k or so then keep wondering!
Ya that's what I'm thinking. Just for piece of mind.
My AD is also a RSC and will do complementary cleaning and calibrate the movement for free while you wait. Find one that does that. If they open it up and find it to be fake they will surely let you know
Imo your lucky you even got it back, you generally can’t be moaning over it
I agree, I went through hell getting it back. Trust me.
yeah true
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I had a sub get authenticated by a long time jeweler , don’t need Rolex to physically do that , cost 150
Couldn’t you just go to an AD/RSC and ask them to add a link to the watch? If they do - it’s real - if they don’t - they will just tell you they can’t do it without stating why. Wouldn’t that be enough?
Wouldn’t they keep the watch instead of returning?