So how does a genuine swiss-made rolex replica compare to a real Rolex watch? Well, the answer is plain and simple – it is frighteningly precise. Many jewelers describe their initial reaction as a ‘huge shock’ when they find out that the Swiss-made Rolex replica shown to them is not a real Rolex watch. And they have good reason to be.
Note this conversation between a jeweler and the fortunate owner of a genuine, Swiss-made Rolex replica:
Jeweler: A genuine Rolex watch has solid 18-karat gold and solid, high-grade 440 stainless steel crafted from a single piece of stainless steel.
Jonathon: Yeah… so do these Swiss-made replicas.
Jeweler: You mean REAL gold and REAL high quality forged stainless steel construction? Many people out there claim to offer triple wrapped gold or high quality stainless steel for a $200-$500 watch. But I have been in the jewelry business for 30 years and the manufacturing cost of real gold and real high-quality stainless steel alone would cost almost that much. So, obviously, these people are lying.
Jonathon: Absolutely. You can even do an acid test on the links and a compression test on the stainless steel case.
Jeweler: Well, how about the crystal? A real Rolex has the highest quality crystal available – a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.
Jonathon: You bet! Swiss-made Rolex replicas are installed with a genuine, sapphire crystal. In fact, you can try to bang it up lightly and see if the crystal would scratch.
Jeweler: Are you really sure though? A lot of people offer a sapphire crystal on a $200-$400 watch. And that’s on top of the fact that it supposedly has a genuine 25-jewel movement, with genuine gold and high quality stainless steel. I’m a jeweler and I know that that’s impossible!
Jonathon: Well, like you said earlier, obviously a lot of these people are lying. Only Swiss-made replicas have a genuine sapphire crystal. All other replicas have glass, mineral, or plastic crystals.
Jeweler: Ok that makes a lot more sense. But honestly I still have some doubts. Genuine Rolex watches have hidden serial numbers engraved between the lugs, and many hidden markings all over the watch. Most are also water-proof to at least 100m. Can a Swiss-made replica compare itself with features like those?
Jonathon: Of course. Like I mentioned before, they are virtually identical. They have hidden serial numbers engraved between the lugs, and all the tiny little markings and engravings, even the ones not clearly noticed by a regular person, can be found on a Swiss-made replica. And yes, they are water-proof, but probably more like 30 meters.
Jeweler: That sounds too good to be true. I’ve had many customers walk in here with similar looking replicas that they purchased for $300-400, but it ended up being an inferior quality replica. Of course, the looks are similar. But quality is a different thing. Quality cannot be ‘seen’. The actual timepiece has to be touched. And all these replicas selling for even $300-400 each, as an experienced jeweler, I can tell the difference just by touching them. In fact they claim to be water-proof and end up not being water-proof. Can you let me put it in a glass of water overnight and see if water goes in?
Jonathon: Sure, why not. But you are comparing apples to oranges – how can you compare the quality of a $300-$400 replica with the quality of an $800 replica? I would encourage you to place it in a glass of water overnight just so you can prove to yourself that it’s really water-proof to even 1 meter!
Jeweler: Ok you’ve convinced me. There are many more other comparisons I can make, but if it passes those ones, I’m convinced that it would be close enough that I can’t tell the difference. But my biggest concern as a jeweler is what we’d call the ‘engine’ of the watch – the movement. That’s what differentiates a $100 watch from a $10,000 watch. Well, besides the brand name of course. But anyways, a genuine Rolex watch has the highest quality Swiss-made movements available, and Switzerland makes the absolute best movements in the world. It is impossible to even compare a Swiss-made movement with one of those Japanese or Chinese movements. Rolex movements are manufactured by the most experienced watchmakers who do exhaustive tests to ensure the quality of the movements. The sweeping second hand is very, very smooth, the watch loses minimal time per month, and the movement is expected to last for decades. So what ‘engine’ runs these Swiss-made replicas?
Jonathon: I knew you’d ask me that, and this is where the story gets exciting. The manufacturer of the parts for these Swiss-made replicas does not make the movements themselves. Of course not, because no one would trust some unknown manufacturer with the movement, even if the manufacturer is in Switzerland. So instead, the Swiss-made replicas are mounted with an amazing movement: a genuine ETA movement!! As you probably know, ETA is a 300 year old company that is almost 3 times as experienced as Rolex in making automatic movements. So of course the movements are just as good, if not better. As a matter of fact, the 25-jewel 2834-2 movements found in the Swiss-made replicas are called the ‘Presidential’ models, because it is the only ETA movement that fits right inside a Rolex watch. Which means it was meant for a replacement for Rolex owners who don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for a replacement from Rolex! Like I mentioned before, ETA specializes in manufacturing movements, and creates much higher quality movements than Rolex… which, of course, you probably already know. Over 90% of the world’s top automatic movements are made my ETA, including many found in genuine brand-name Swiss-made watches, such as Patek Philippe and Longines. The sweeping second hand is very, very smooth just like a real Rolex, and like any quality ETA movement, it is designed to last for decades… again, just like a real Rolex.
Jeweler: Now that sounds too good to be true! A customer walked in once and said he purchased a so-called Swiss-made replica for $400 on the Internet that is supposed to be an ETA movement, and when I opened it up, it turned out not to be. Instead, it was some Japan-made movement which was obvious in its inferior quality to a Swiss-made movement.
Jonathon: So don’t blame it on the Swiss-made Rolex replicas! But for real, lets be reasonable here – it is like someone offering you a Mercedes for $5000. If you later discover that a Honda or Toyota engine was inside instead of the quality of a Mercedes engine, can you blame Mercedes? Of course not! So how can you expect to get a genuine, Swiss-made ETA movement in a $400 watch… along with a sapphire crystal, high-grade stainless steel, and all the other crap that these dealers claim? The answer is simple: you can’t. So the lesson is, buyers beware.
And many other conversations between jewelers and customers run roughly the same. Many jewelers are doubtful of these replicas because they haven’t seen one – in the past, before Replica Reviews, many scrupulous dealers were offering so-called ‘Swiss-made’ replicas for ridiculous prices – such as $300-$500. That caused many jewelers to have doubts about these Swiss-made Rolex replicas. But after we revealed the scam dealers, many went out of business and jewelers have since seen much better fakes.
Nowadays, the dealers we recommend all offer genuine, Swiss-made Rolex replicas. There are, as always, the few scam dealers who remain. They sell so-called ‘Swiss-made Rolex replicas’ with ETA movements and wrapped gold. And of course, you will never receive that. Most customers are tempted and scammed simply because of the low prices.
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