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Originally Posted by Mik3ymomo
Just to add to the conversation...
I bought a SS Rolex Sub with date about 12 years ago. I wore it everyday. It's probably the most copied design by both fakes and authentic watch makers. I was asked frequently if it was fake. It didn't bother me. It was real and after wearing it everyday for so long I decided to sell it and buy something else.
I sold it for slightly more than I paid for it. It didn't take any effort either. A jewelry shop across town bought it from me.
There is an obvious disparity of value between real and fake. You would ask yourself if that real watch was really worth the $$...
In my case it turned out to be an investment and I had free use of it for 10 years. Although admittedly it was not my intention.
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The Rolex Sub is definitely one of the unusual watches with which one can do that. Part of why one can is the vast price increases (see graph found at
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-pr...ling-analysis/) that have occurred for a watch that has remained substantively unchanged since 1988 or 2001, depending on which model one bought (
http://www.bernardwatch.com/Rolex-Mo...s-and-Calibers). Rolex have made incremental changes since then, but nothing so much as to alter the movement identifier. Most of what Rolex have changed has to do with the case, dial and crystal, and a good bit of that has been to add subtle authenticity verification features. Arguably, the biggest change was the move from acrylic to sapphire crystals.
All the best.