How to Spot a Fake Rolex: A Dealer’s Checklist
A dealer’s checklist for spotting a fake Rolex — weight, dial printing, cyclops, rehaut engraving, caseback, movement, and why papers prove nothing.
A dealer’s checklist for spotting a fake Rolex — weight, dial printing, cyclops, rehaut engraving, caseback, movement, and why papers prove nothing.
A guide to buying a Rolex Oyster Perpetual — sizes 28 to 41, the coloured-dial phenomenon, turquoise and Celebration premiums, calibre 3230 vs 3132.
A guide to buying the Rolex Day-Date “President” — gold and platinum only, sizes 36 and 40, calibre 3155 vs 3255, dials, bracelet stretch and authenticity.
A dealer’s guide to buying a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona — generations 16520 to 126500LN, Panda dials, calibre 4130 vs 4131, and exactly what to check.
A guide to buying a Rolex Datejust — sizes 36 and 41, bezel and bracelet choices, dial variety, calibre 3135 vs 3235, and how to check authenticity.
A buyer’s guide to the Rolex GMT-Master II — Pepsi, Batman and Root Beer bezels, references, calibre 3186 vs 3285, Jubilee vs Oyster, and what to check.
A collector’s guide to buying a Rolex Submariner — Date vs No-Date, five-digit vs six-digit references, bezel, dial and movement, and exactly what to check.
Rolex reference numbers decoded — what the “M” suffix means, why 14060 became 14060M, the colour codes like LN, LV, BLRO and BLNR, and why it matters when buying.
Rolex calibre 3135 vs 3235 compared — Chronergy escapement, 70-hour power reserve, which models use each, how to tell them apart and what it means when buying.
A collector’s guide to buying a vintage Rolex: originality, the dial, frankenwatches, patina, condition and red flags – plus how to be 100% sure it is genuine.