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      03-09-2014, 05:38 AM   #71
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Originally Posted by tony20009 View Post
  • To get a sense of whether the look is indeed appealing.
  • To have a cheap version of an expensive watch to wear when the risk of theft is high
  • To buy the least expensive thing one can that looks good
  • To experience wearing a look that can only be had by spending vastly greater sums (granted this doesn't apply to a lot of watches)
  • To pretend to have the authentic article, in short, to deceive.
As a buyer of a couple of fakes and a decent IWC replica I thought I could give some insight...but it really is quite difficult to say.
1/ Partly true, I bought a Panerai, a Rolex and the IWC to see which I liked best. I sold the Rolex cheap to someone who already had a real one and wanted it for a daily wearer. I gave the Panerai away to a friend who really liked it and I kept the IWC because I preferred the look.
2/ No
3/ Not really there are a million affordable watches that look good that I could buy.
4/ Yes maybe this.
5/ No. Relatively few people even know who IWC are or that they are expensive and no has as yet asked me or are likely to ask if my watch is real.

Even in the days when I was earning mental money and my contemporaries were buying Rolexs or similar I stuck with a relatively cheap watch.
I think my motive for buying a "fake" watch was to have a nice looking watch but was only prepared to pay what I thought it was was worth.
In the end its all about worth. I spend a fortune on cars because of the pleasure I get from driving - I just don't get the same from owning a watch.
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