how do you tell if your watch is a real rolex?

Answer 1

good question, there are a lot of fakes out there :(

Answer 2

1. Rolex has never manufactured a watch with a see-through case. If you see a glass-back case on a watch, move on. You’re not looking at a Rolex.

2. Rolex has never fabricated a case or a band with even the smallest amount of rubber. You know it’s a fake if you feel rubber.

3. Skeleton dials display the moving parts of a timepiece. A skeleton dial may look trendy, but it's sure thing that the watch is not a Rolex.

4. Oyster Perpetual Rolex watches always have a screwed-back case – never a pop-up.

5. Rolex Oysters are fabricated of stainless steel, gold or platinum. Chrome or chrome-plate is never used.

6. Only men’s full-size Rolex watches have day and date features.

7. The case of a Rolex President is platinum, 18-karat yellow or white gold – never stainless steel or two-tone stainless and gold.

8. Rolex watches are not gold-plated – ever. In the quest for a real Rolex; look for either 14 or 18-karat gold.

9. By the seconds hand. The movement should be smooth of the hand that is counting seconds.Rolex does indeed, manufacture a watch with a quartz movement. These watches are rare, like 10%. The other 90% are conventional automatic Rolex movements.

10. Rolex is a Swiss company that in years past manufactured watches in various other countries including the U.S, Mexico, Italy and Venezuela – but never China. A “Chinese-made Rolex” is a genuine fake.

Answer 3

I have a real rolex, and a clone rolex, and I cant tell the difference in either...with a real rolex, the second hand sweeps the seconds. it doesnt click every second..Now a word of warning to you...if you take it to a jeweler and it is a fake, they can take it from you and destroy it because it is an illegally made item..my jeweler looked at the clone and said she could tell because of the look of the gold on the band and watch...so..I hope you have a jeweler that wont destroy it if you take it in to them..I hope this helps you.....

Answer 4

Take it to a watch shop that sell real rolex.

Answer 5

Take it to a jeweler that deals with Rolex. Theyll know.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

easy take the back off if it says made in japan or china is it is not real or if it does not have red jewels in it it is not real
hope this helps

Answer 8

if it cost 15 bucks, then it is not :). but i heard, that if you put your ear up to a fake one, it makes this little clicking sound.. or the second hand will be moving once a second, not gliding like normal ones

Answer 9

I not sure this help, may educate you some; http://www.qualitytyme.net/pages/rolex_or_replica.html
As said above, a jeweler may be your best approach to really knowing.

Answer 10

The hands will move in one single motion and not in twitches or clicks.

Answer 11

Did you purchase it from a guy who had like 200 of them in his coat lining???