![]() So if it's smooth, it's a fake or at the very least the wrong movement.ĥ. The Asian one gladly puts the rotor wherever you tilt the watch and as far as I know, winds in both directions without any clicking noise. The engraved rotor should only wind the watch (clicking noise) in one direction and should be hard to keep in 1 position when titled over, it should somehow prefer certain positions (this may be true for all Swiss Valjoux 7750's, I'm not sure). This might be hard to spot unless you're holding the fake in your hand. The Asian 7750 has no "balance bridge Etachron system", or "hammer" as I like to call it (not sure what the proper name is of that exact part, but it's the little pointy thing that points to a small adjustment scale just next to the golden balance wheel that is continuously moving).Ĥ. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't, but various parts of the metal inside the movement is sometimes brushed or patterned on the Asian 7750, this is wrong in the U-Boat Valjoux case.ģ. In my original they are just silver, so that's an instant giveaway (but some boats may very well use blue screws).Ģ. A lot of Asian Valjouxs use blue screws throughout. ![]() Look at the U-Boat catalog/website to see what color screws your watch is supposed to have. The Asian Valjoux 7750 is different in some regards and to a trained eye it's very easy to see the differences, but let's go over them anyway ġ. I've yet to see a fake that has a proper Swiss Valjoux 7750 in it. The fake one has a depressed second area (like the minute/hour circles) whereas the real one does not, and only has it on the minute/hour circles (this differs from fake to fake and from U-Boat to U-Boat, check the catalog to confirm.).Ĥ. the fake watch (it should be very close to the 9)ģ. The spacing between the "9" and the "U-BOAT" text is different on the real vs. Even the fake black strap is of poor quality, but this may be hard to spot from photos.Ģ. ![]() (It is possible to order the strap from U-Boat separately but so far no fake watch sellers seem to go to that length). The white strap is thicker at the top and thins out slightly towards the clasp which has U-BOAT engraved on it. The fake U-Boats I've seen online are all equipped with a black strap. Perhaps it's just hard to fake it as "white crocodile" doesn't come cheap. This is the absolute easiest way to spot a fake, as to my knowledge and my Googling, no fakes show up with that strap (the strap by itself retails for about 250 Euro). In the case of the white watch, it comes with a white crocodile "racing" strap that has 3 different-sized holes in it (on each strap part) and is hand sown. ![]()
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