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You've raised a couple of good points here. Firstly the reason you give for somebody buying a fake Rolex is probably just as good for somebody buying an original. I believe the vast majority of purchasers have no appreciation of a fine watch but it's the socially acceptable thing to do. So they can all sit round the table sipping their pink gin admiring their Rolex or patek. Not that there is anything wrong with that. The watch in question isn't a serious fake, not with spelling mistake and at 15 euros! There are serious counterfeiters out there that produce fine quality fakes and ask serious money for them. On the concept that as the prospective purchaser,the more you pay, the less likely you are to accept it's fake. Oldhippy gave good advice on previous thread that if your paying a lot of money, buy one with paperwork. Unfortunately the serious counterfeiters will have fake paperwork and guarantee cards produced with their watches. The only real way to be sure of purchase is to send the watch to the original manufacturer's for assessment,if possible. But why or how could a watch lover wear a non original watch? I will try to answer this from my own perspective. I have an original 1980s omega dress watch but I really liked the omega 1538. Yes I probably could of bought an original (wife would not be happy,but never mind) But at the price I would have to pay would I be happy wearing it. What if it rains and the watch leaks! What if I knock the watch against a wall or something! I have six springer spaniels,what if they eat it,stupid dogs! So I made something up which pretty much resembles a 1538 at a fraction of the cost and I wear this daily without loosing sleep over it. The money I spent producing this watch. Yes I could of bought a very nice Seiko or something like that but then I wouldn't of had the fun of putting my own watch together. But generally I agree with jdm's comments. If I wanted a Rolex submariner and didn't have the cash I'd probably go for the Orient Mako Tony Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

Just found that Cousins has the A version balance complete in stock and it doesn't break the bank. The B/C version kind of hurts and is not in stock either.

Here is my contribution to fake watches and what should happen to them.

There is no need to spend thousands of pounds to enjoy a fine watch. Many cost just tens and are lovely. I do not see how a watch lover can "enjoy" wearing a counterfeit piece made to deceive and project an inflated image of oneself. Ok for a prank at most.

Hi JD, Rather than saying antonyh should have said it's not the original CASE. The important thing in a watch is the movement and and at some time in its life the owner either sold the gold Hunter case or damaged it and decided the movement was well worth saving so he recased it in a more convenient to use Open Face style case. Thereby giving a very nice movement a new lease of life. It's a great little movement and a very nice looking case so any time you want to get your money back I will double it for you, no worries A great watch and a good find, congratulations.

I've no idea whether the will or won't make replacement parts for Swiss movement, I was only saying that they are well capable of doing it if they want to. Let's hope they do.

Hi Phil, As Will said, it would be interesting to see what is inside. Some of them movements are even Swiss, but I guess you'll find mostly Chinese inside. My first move will be to open the watch and check that all gaskets are good and add some silicon grease sealant to both the back and the crown gasket/tube. I would even go to the extent to seal the crystal by carefully adding special transparent crystal glue to the edges where it fits. In my experience -- with some of those I've come across, I don't own any -- is that their watertight properties are iffy at best. Even sweat can get inside, some will fog the crystal in no time at all even in storage by permeating the natural humidity of the room. The printing mistake may give it away immediately but, who will really notice that?! For MOST people, that's a real Rolex! Me, being as I am with watches, I see it as a nice watch that may need a little elbow grease to preserve it and help it last. Nowadays, even the cheapest Chinese movements are greatly improved so you may be able to enjoy the watch for some time to come...and if not, it is only little money! As an after thought, I would service it completely right away just in case. Most of them are assembled in a rather careless environment.