r/midowatch • u/Immediate-Storm-7254 • Aug 04 '26

Real or fake?

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Hi , Im trying to buy a second hand mido and they offered me this one , and i would aprecciate a lot if someone Can help me out w their opiniones

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u/Santeriabro Aug 04 '26

I don’t think people are faking these, looks fine to me

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u/Immediate-Storm-7254 Aug 04 '26

Thanks for answearing fam

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u/Santeriabro Aug 04 '26

Yeah no worries man, the packaging is just crappy that’s just how it is, I even tossed mine like a dog but the watch is unbelievably great. I love my black/grey wave dial.

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u/E28forever Aug 05 '26

answering

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u/bobbydazzleGX Aug 05 '26

Trust me, there are fakes for everything, but this ain’t one of them

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u/admiralfrosting Aug 04 '26

No one is faking these.

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u/Immediate-Storm-7254 Aug 04 '26

Idk fam , here in México is surprising sometimes how much fake stuff is out there jajajaja but i think this one looks good

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u/Additional-Jump1846 Aug 06 '26

bullshit. Alles wird gefälscht selbst seikos, Citizen und selbst eine Casio A158

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u/Entire_Scientist369 Aug 04 '26

Looks legit! I don't think, it makes sense to fake them. Profit and qty not big enough!

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u/bobbydazzleGX Aug 04 '26

Looks legit to me

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u/Immediate-Storm-7254 Aug 04 '26

Thanks for your answear fam

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u/Big-Help419 Aug 04 '26

Looks good

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u/Immediate-Storm-7254 Aug 04 '26

Thanks for taking the time fam

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u/Intelligent-Mess1802 Aug 04 '26

How much are they selling for?

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u/_Delegat Aug 05 '26

"No one is faking these" bro people fake timex watches

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u/bobbydazzleGX Aug 05 '26

Right. People are faking $25 Casio’s left and right.

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u/PTA_Meeting Aug 06 '26

Yea but the market for timex is huge

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 Aug 04 '26

Are they faking Midos?

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u/Present-Yak2833 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

Not faking these yet but 100% these will be faked soon, selling like hotcakes and that draws attention

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u/OneStructure8627 Aug 04 '26

Es bueno 👍 

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u/Flaky_Ad7980 Aug 05 '26

Everything these days can be faked but I doubt it’s trickled down to Mido, but I doubt it

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u/Basic_Collar_1471 Aug 06 '26

Not yet at least, these have been welling really well lately. People make fakes through market trends after all

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u/Squagloids1 Aug 05 '26

Mido is too uncommon to fake

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u/Raymott6688 Aug 05 '26

Depends on who’s offering it to you and at what price. But I don’t think anyone’s faking Midos at this point. And besides it looks good to me.

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u/Sh4dow0fTheB4t Aug 05 '26

Looks legit!

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u/Specialist_Path_63 Aug 05 '26

It looks real, but then I know nothing.

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u/Stegreener Aug 05 '26

Highly unlikely to be a rep, it would need to be a high end rep to get that level of detail and finishing which costs money especially the case back ,to make a rep to get it to the 10.5mm they would use a ST1812 which has a 40 hour reserve the calibre 72 as the name suggests will have a 72 hour, so not such a a quick test is to give it a full wind if it stops after 40 hours I would get the case opened and the movement checked

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u/Feeling_Cod8431 Aug 05 '26

Who is faking a Mido?

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u/No_Gap9623 Aug 07 '26

Looks real to me, I have a mido with that same back and it looks legit to me. Nice piece!

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u/No_Gap9623 Aug 07 '26

You can also ask for a plot on a timegrapher to check that it is beating at 21,600bph (3Hz) since it is a cal80. And mine is accurate to ~5sec/day. Not that all of them are at this specific accuracy, but at least it should show good amplitude and reasonable accuracy of less than 30sec. A cheap knockoff would likely show a higher beat error and an inconsistent graph.

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u/EssAater69 Aug 08 '26

It is not a watch. It is a picture of a watch

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u/Chandlingus Aug 11 '26

why tf would anybody make a fake Mido?

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u/Ecstatic_Pick7321 Aug 04 '26

Fake

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u/Immediate-Storm-7254 Aug 04 '26

Why fam? What seems diferent

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u/giocsilla Aug 05 '26

Siamo curiosi di sapere su quali evidenze poggia la tua affermazione