Originally Posted by
DB9yeti
Absolute rubbish - seriously, read what you just wrote back to yourself! :hello:
If it says Rolex (or whatever brand) on the dial and it hasn't been made by them, it's fake. The whole fake-owner's whining of 'it's not a fake, it's a replica' is just the fakers trying to make it into some kind of grey area. There is no grey area. They are fake.
'Homages' may look very much like the real item but crucially do not carry the brand name. It's an important distinction. Many don't like homages either, but fundamentally no-one is trying to pass anything off as something it's not (IMHO). 'Reps', replicas, fakes exist for one purpose only - to deceive. Who you deceive, (yourself, others) varies, but their purpose remains. They exist to deceive.