#1: Replica watches are easily determined with an unaided eye.
This myth relates only to cheap copies of watches that are manufactured somewhere at bush-league Chinese factories with fake additional faces and plastic mechanism. A good replica watch is hard to determine even for experts, no need to say about unaided eyes of common people. The only thing that makes replica watches different from original ones is their much lower price.
#2: Replica watches are as durable as original items, so they can be used by divers and swimmers.
Waterproof index that can be seen at replica watches matches features of original items. As a rule, high quality replica watches Swiss are able to endure about 30 meters or three atmospheres. It means that you can accurately wash your hands while wearing this watch or walk in the rain.
#3: Leather bands of high-class expensive original items are much more durable.
In reality, calfskin can serve you much better and for a longer time than alligator or shark leather that is used in expensive items.
#4: Replica watches are less precise and reliable.
In reality, as specialists claim, cases of breakdowns or inaccuracy in replica watches and originals of averagely priced genuine Swiss brands (like Rado, Longines, TagHeuer) are practically equal. Usage of genuine ETA Swiss mechanisms in mechanic watches of both types provides enough accuracy and reliability.
#5: Replica watches that have a breakdown should better be thrown away because repair is very expensive.
In fact, if you need to replace just one broken part of a mechanism in an original Rado watch, it will cost you a couple of hundreds. Instead, repair of the same part in a replica watch will be several times as cheap. Besides that, details of mechanism in replica watches are usually made of cheaper but much more durable materials.
#6: Replica watches are a solution for poor people.
Though replicas are affordable to practically everyone, they are very often chosen by well-off people who know the price of money and need rather quality than glamour of golden wristwatches with diamonds and tons of gold. After all, as we can see from #1, replica watches look exactly like originals, so it’s not that easy to see whether a person wears a replica or an original item.
