Awareness on Replica Watch Market

Aware and being informed about the watches and replica watches market always help to choose the right product the right way. Since 2006 there was a upcoming trend of replica watches coming out more from China than any other country. But then of late, China itself raised a consumer market of its own product and this led to a shortfall of quantity of replica watches made in China in the watches and replica watch market.

Panerai continues to be the hot make when it comes to high-end replica watches. Panerai replicas continue to improve in quality, which to all is an indication that the factories in Asia continue to improve their manufacturing processes. Still, it's not too difficult to spot a fake Panerai if you get a good glimpse of one. The crown, crown guard, and dial luminosity are easy for even the novice to spot. Of course the cannon pinion is also a common flaw.

Rolex replicas are still the most produced replicas, even if the numbers of models of Panerai fakes are out there in greater numbers in the watches and replica watch market. Rolex has introduced several anti-counterfeiting features in their post-2005 models that are intended to ease in the identification of fake Rolexes. While an admirable attempt, the counterfeiters have managed to defeat most of the features of late. And since they are only available on "F-" and "D-" series (watches made in 2005 and later) it doesn't have that much of impact on the used-watch market.

But of all, Rolex started handling this watch and replica watch market in a more matured way and kudos to them for that of course. Rolex needs to introduce new case sizes, or provide more substantial differences than the above methods. All were defeated fairly successfully within six months of their introduction. Even things such as "fat" hour hands and oversized hour markers on the Anniversary Submariner (LV) didn't escape emulation within a short period of time. I feel that the heritage that Rolex strives to preserve by limiting the changes in their watches is their biggest problem when confronting counterfeiting.

Other watch brands are showing up on the fake watch scene in larger numbers. It used to be that Rolex, Cartier, and a few other well-known brands were the only brands that drew the attention of the counterfeiters. Now fairly accurate examples of brands such as Breitling, IWC, and even more common brands such as Rado are showing up on the market.

This is most likely because there has been an increase in the automation of manufacturing in Asia that has made it more cost effective to branch off into other brands. Before, in order to maximize their return, most manufacturers stuck with the "safe" fake Rolex trade. It's even more important nowadays to be aware of the credentials of the seller in order to minimize your risk of running across this new breed of replicas in the watches and replica watches market.