How to Spot a Fake IWC Watch

The movement is the real stuff too.

My best guess is to go somewhere and get it appraised and authenticated like the authorized dealer. Get some documentation that it's verified authentic.

I will have to say with 99% certainty that this one is real (assuming that he took the pic of the movement from the watch you got of course). Remember, it is not that some watch company in China can not duplicate the work of IWC, they can. However, in order to do that, it would cost them quite a bit of money. You can not make money in replica market for putting that much money into the watch making considering they have to sell it to the distributor for $20-30 a pop.

In the case of the ceramic TG pilot chrono, The red plane on bottom of chrono seconds hand is true to the 388001, your comparing 2 different models. Interesting though.

Thanks

Hello,

Anyone have any feedback on this IWC? I'm curious if it is a replica or the real thing.

Thanks.

Hello everyone, my name is Lazo and I am from Croatia.
Recently my relative gave me this watch as a gift. Can anybody tell me is this
genuine watch, or is it a replica ? I can see that there are some differences when I compare it to the pictures on the internet.
Serial nuber of the watch is 3069787
Thanks in advance
IWC F.A. Jones

This too is fake.

This too is fake.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for a quick reeply. So my fears are confirmed now ....
I saw there was a big difrence in mechanism when compared to the online pics of the originl mechanism, but i had to check with you guys....

I've hardly ever seen such a terrible fake...

Vincente,
This is indeed a fake.

Hello everyone, I'm Adam and I would like to buy IWC watch unfortunately I'm still a student and my financial situation is not allowing me to purchase a new watch therefore I'm looking for second hand watches. My knowledge about watches is close to zero can you please help me and tell in this is original watch or fake?
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Thanks a lot Adam

It's fake!

Also, caseback says it's Platinum. Platinum IWC Big Pilots are over $20k so if the price is too good to be true, it usually is.