If this has already been discussed ad nauseam, I apologize, but the number of “is this watch fake” post seems to be growing at an uncontrolled rate. Replica watches have an outright ban, yet people seem to have found a way to circumvent this rule by posting photos of replicas and posing it as a question as to if they are, in fact, fake. Some Reddit users have even speculated that many of these post are just scammers “testing the waters” to see if their replicas will pass the eye test. 95% of the time these watches are obviously fake, (i.e. if you have to ask, you already know the answer) and the number of these posts daily are simply cluttering up the timeline, in my opinion. There is already another sub r/isthiswatchfake (although only currently 7 members, lol) where I think these post should be directed to in the future.
At first I was asking “Why would someone buy a $50,000+ watch and just stop wearing it and leave it in drawer for their grandchildren to find” and then I realized they in fact are not doing that and they are finding a fake watch.
I’m also shocked how many people’s grandparents bought fake watches a long time ago.
My dad traveled in far east a lot. He had real watches that were kept with boxes and papers and he had some fakes that he jokingly called NOLEX watches. He knowingly bought them as a gag but after he passed they were lying in a drawer in his bedroom. We all knew about it but someone whose kids were not in on it might not know an obvious fake.