Rolex Replications  (English, Paperback, Society Philadelphia Watch)

ROLEX REPLICATIONS is a pictorial guide of imitation Rolex watches currently being manufactured and marketed, many to unsuspecting buyers as genuine Rolex watches. With modern technology the day of tacky tell-tale quart movement, inaccurately weighed counterfeits is now replaced with high-end ETA replicas that are designed just like the real watches and can fool even some jewelers. These watches command upwards to $1500 and are virtually undetectable from the real Rolex to the layman. According to the Swiss Customs Service, counterfeit watches can be made in such a manner as to require special equipment to confirm near authenticity. Counterfeiters are manufacturing rare, vintage Rolex models that most laymen would never consider being fake and they are manufacturing them to the highest quality. According to estimates by the Swiss Customs Service, there are some 30 to 40 million counterfeit watches put into circulation each year. This guide provides reference photographs to various models of Rolex watches that are being mass-produced. These counterfeits are mainly produced in Asia and at least 54% of fakes seized annually originated in China.