Sizzling Fajitas, anyone?

 

 
Recently, there was an interesting thread in the Seiko & Citizen Watch Forum about copycat Seiko watches. Copycat manufacturers are not to be confused with counterfeit watch makers, who blatantly pass off their fake products as genuine ones.
Okay, counterfeit makers would prefer to be called by a more polite name “replica watch” manufacturers. Either [...]

The controversial "Seiko 6319-7040" diver

 
 
If you have already read my previous article on spotting fake Seiko watches, you may have learned how to distinguish the counterfeits from the real ones. Some are fairly easy to spot while others need careful scrutiny to determine whether it’s fake or not.
Recently I came across an auction by a well known eBay [...]

"It’s a bloody toy watch!"

 
It seems that online fake watch merchants have decided to spread their wings and expand their wares to include Seiko, Citizen and Casio watches. This subject actually popped up in the Seiko & Citizen Watch Forum at least twice in the past two months.
Personally, I couldn’t care less about replica Swiss watches. There’s a healthy [...]