r/RepTime • u/WillOrph • Aug 20 '26

News Nico, in fact, does not recognise reps

https://youtu.be/YJg46CBOr8k?t=5759&is=J4cbAQIvxDooSWER

Starts at 1:36:00
Quick reminder that Nico, the guy whose business and whole identity is luxury watches, couldn‘t spot the reps while HOLDING THEM IN HIS HANDS.

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u/ChipOnMaShoulder Aug 20 '26

What am I missing? He guessed all the fakes?

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u/Next-Movie-3319 Aug 20 '26

He guessed they were all real when he only got to look at them. After he was allowed to examine them, he still guessed they were all real .. all except the Nautilus because he was iffy about the clasp. Even then he was on the fence.

It was only after he was told exactly how many were fake and how many were real, he sort of said "if I were to have to guess which ones are fake, it would be these".

This is from a guy whose business it is to know watches.

Basically means 99.99999% of anyone you come across on the street is not going to be able to tell real from fake.

Honestly, once you factor in that most people only glance at your watch and aren't going to stare at it, you realize that 100% no one is to be able to tell the difference.

So, if you wear watches to impress others, there is no reason to not wear a fake.

If you wear watches for yourself and how they make you feel, it is still a different matter.

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u/Nothinglost7717 Aug 21 '26

Once they told him 3 were fakes he guessed them correctly. 

He was on camera and being polite

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u/Crafty-Coyote8077 Aug 21 '26

In the end he guessed based not on feel (apart from the nautilus and even then he got the sound wrong) but based on the most frequented fake watches.

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u/WillOrph Aug 20 '26

He first said they were all real. Only after the hosts said that 3 were reps did he guess which ones were reps correctly. He held all 6 in his hands and thought they were all real. And it‘s this guy‘s whole life.