advances in modern high - quality manufacturing process are having the unintended effect of making fake luxury watches easier and cheaper to produce , according to the online watch retailer Watchfinder & Co. A vintage watch featured in a photograph by the manufacturer , has an exact , albeit not quite so well finished , reproduction of the Rolex movement , rather than the cheaper generic or ETA mechanism usually found in watches . These higher - quality reproductions mean a quick look at the movement may no longer be sufficient to determine the fake from the real , according to ubergizmo.com .
Advances in modern high-quality manufacturing process are having the unintended consequence of making fake luxury watches easier and cheaper to produce, according to the online watch retailer Watchfinder & Co. A Rolex Daytona featured in a video by the retailer, has an exact, albeit not quite so well finished, replica of the Rolex movement, rather than the cheaper generic or ETA mechanism usually found in fakes. These higher-quality reproductions mean a quick look at the movement may no longer be sufficient to determine the fake from the real, according to ubergizmo.com.