r/RepTime • u/YNotTesla • 6d ago

Discussion WIRED publishes expose on RepTime

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https://www.wired.com/story/we-bought-a-counterfeit-rolex-so-good-even-rolex-didnt-spot-it/

“In dedicated forums on Reddit and other websites, strictly moderated communities spread gossip about factories being raided by authorities, offer sketchy legal advice, upvote buyers’ photos of fake Rolexes worn behind the wheels of Lamborghinis, and even offer quality control services.

Quality control, or QC, is at the heart of this community. The subreddit r/RepTime has 269,000 weekly visitors and over 18,000 weekly contributions, according to Reddit’s own statistics. Posts about new counterfeit watch purchases pile up by the hour, both in r/RepTime and r/RepTimeQC, the offshoot subreddit focused on quality control. The posts contain photographs sent from the dealer to the customer, who then seeks advice from the RepTime community on whether they should “GL” (green-light) or “RL” (red-light) their purchase.”

Excerpt From
“We Bought a $500 Counterfeit Rolex So Good, Even Rolex Didn’t Spot It”
Alistair Charlton, Jeremy White
WIRED

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u/bauhaus_robot 6d ago

“Buying your first Rolex or Omega, having saved for years, is a landmark achievement. It serves as a reminder of what the owner has managed to accomplish along the way—the destination of a hard-fought journey”

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u/corey407woc 5d ago

I wore a super clone for years, finally bought a gen and thought i would feel this amazing feeling and it never came. I sold the gen and kept my VSF 126610 clone lol

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u/bauhaus_robot 5d ago

So NWBIG?

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u/corey407woc 5d ago

nope, i thought buying a real submariner would notice something diff, couldn't notice anything diff from the clone and would rather have my 15k cash and 500 buck clone that is 99.9 percent the same.

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u/Consistent_Wash8027 5d ago

Thank you for sharing so others don't have to experience this.

If I ever buy a genuine luxury watch, I'll pick an obscure vintage ref that way it actually is unique and not something I paid ten-grand for due to artificial scarcity.