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Infringers
Swiss Customs estimates that 40% of counterfeit watches come from China, but counterfeits are produced elsewhere, even in the USA. The Swiss Customs Service is obligated to confiscate and destroy such goods. While there are some exceptions, counterfeit jewelry is confiscated in all cases.
Types of counterfeits
Trademark violations: Infringing on the rightfully owned Trademarks, Hallmarks, Symbols and any other distinctive signs of a reputed Swiss Watch Brand, with or without complete Trade-dress or Design Violation. This extends to other false indications and or markings in violation of any law, or official agreement. Typical noted examples would include, “Swiss Made”, “Water Resistant”, “Shock Resistant”, false precious metal or any other “Noble metal” indications.
Trade-dress or Design Violations: The second group involves counterfeit watches designed to resemble the original (a trade dress violation). Some high-priced counterfeit watches are produced from inferior materials and have golden parts and leather straps.
Counterfeit Rolex watches
Rolex counterfeits are illegally manufactured replicas of Rolex watches. Like many high-priced luxury brand-name watches such as Cartier and Bvlgari, Rolex watches are frequently counterfeited and illegally sold on city streets and the Internet. These counterfeits are mainly produced in Asia. EU figures show that at least 54% of fakes seized in 2004, originated in China. They commonly retail anywhere from $5 to upwards of $1,000; the latter for high-end replicas with portions fabricated from solid karat gold (although most gold Rolex fakes utilize gold electroplating). Such watches have been nicknamed Foolex, Bolex, Frolex, Folex and Fauxlex. The fake Rolex trade, in fact, has become segmented and sophisticatedly marketed replete with glossy full-color brochures and catalogues of counterfeited wares produced in China and offered for sale to retail vendors throughout Asia.
Counterfeit characteristics
A counterfeit Patek Phillipe watch. The hand on the left sub-dial has fallen off.
A common myth states that a genuine watch can be discerned from a fake by the fluid movement of the sweep hand. This is because many counterfeited watches use inexpensive crystal quartz movements which produces the start/stop once per second sweep. Observed closely, one will see that even a true Rolex movement is not a perfectly smooth sweep, but is actually eight movements per second (or 28,800 per hour). The only mechanical watch to have a second hand that moves across the dial in a truly uninterrupted sweep, are the Bulova tuning fork movement and the Seiko Spring Drive. Nonetheless, some of the counterfeits have automatic movements, and Rolex has produced a few models with quartz movements, such as the OysterQuartz which produces the distinct quartz movement ticks.
Hallmarks
According to the Swiss Customs Service, counterfeit watches can be made in such a manner as to require special equipment to confirm near authenticity. A high price is not a guarantee of authenticity. Indications of fineness do not necessarily indicate authenticity. Hallmarks can be forged, and may induce a buyer to believe a piece is made of real gold when it may only be made of a plated in gold. However, a gold watch may not be solid gold and still be authentic. Gold plated and gold caped watches are legitimately produced. Golden colored counterfeits use a much thinner gold plate, which over time would begin to rub off.
References
^ Faits et chiffres, Swiss Customs Service 2005
^ Faits et chiffres, Swiss Customs Service 2005
^ Faits et chiffres, Swiss Customs Service 2005
^ Faits et chiffres, Swiss Customs Service 2006 at page 32
^ Importation de bijoux et de montres pour usage en propre, Info Douane, Administration fdrale des douanes, Berne, Jan. 2005, at page 1.
^ See Esercizio v. Roberts, 944 F.2d 1235, 1245 (6th Cir. 1991); Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc.112 S.Ct. 3020 (1992)cert. denied; Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc. v. Canner, 645 F. Supp. 484, 492 (S.D. Fla. 1986); Louis Vuitton S.A. v. Lee, 875 F.2d 584 (7th Cir. 1989); Polaroid Corp. v. Polarad Elec. Corp., 287 F.2d 492 (2d. Cir. 1961), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 820.
^ Cost of Piracy, manufacturingtalk.com, 2007-02-06, Retrieved 2007-02-27.
^ Case Studies, Fake Rolex Facts, Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
^ The Rolex Report, 4th ed.
^ Montres, bijouteries, mtaux prcieux
^ See also, Swiss Hallmarks on Gold Watchcases, NAWCC Bulletin, ISSN 1527-1609 , Dec. 2005, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 686-699 [14 pages].
See also
Watch
Replica
Horology
Counterfeit
List of watch manufacturers
Timepiece
Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH
Authentication
Counterfeit consumer goods
External links
Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH Definition of Swiss Made
Is a fake watch a joke?
Federal Department of Justice and Police: Counterfeiting and Piracy – A major problem for the Swiss Economy
Replica Watcher photo and so on
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