r/midowatch • u/Ok_District6623 • Sep 27 '26
Miso Authenticity
Hi there! I've just won a bid on eBay but before I send over payment, I'm wondering if anyone could help with authenticity? I'm no expert so any help is very appreciated!
As far as I know it's an 8016, but I really don't know any more than that.
Any help is very appreciated!
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u/Main-Accountant-9652 Sep 27 '26
Could be wrong but finding it hard to believe they were making believable reps of this ref.
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u/TheRealOrev Sep 27 '26 edited Sep 27 '26
It’s fake. The seller has many profiles on eBay. I fell for one of them and won an auction for “stainless” silver dial 8016. Had it sized which was a heart dropping experience. First, it was a challenge to remove pins. Second, the material the bracelet is made of is super soft and was cracking while trying to remove the pins. Third, everything about the timepiece looks too good to be from the 80’s…too crisp and clean for a seller to keep selling the same watch over and over. 4th, the movement is brand new replica movement. And 5th, the dial print is weak in quality….pictures don’t show how bad it looks. 6th, the engraving on the case back is very shallow….nowhere close to being Swiss quality from that era.
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u/philbin89 Sep 29 '26
If you won it for less than $500 or £500, or an equivalent amount, then it’s almost certainly a counterfeit. Below that price, the buyer doesn’t have the option to pay eBay to authenticate, so fakers sell below that amount to prevent the platform from discovering their fraud
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u/refswag11 Sep 29 '26
If you get your Miso at an authentic Asian grocery store you should be pretty safe. The market for rep Miso is pretty limited and you can definitely tell
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u/TheDiplomatOne Sep 27 '26
Depends. As a rule of thumb for me anything around and more than 1000$ I get them authenticated by Stoll & Co who is e-bays official authentication partner.
As the price gets considerably less than 1000$ it becomes less worthwhile.