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Re: A fake Modena ? !!!
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: Hello Jean-Pierre,

: it's not a classic fake, but definitely a franken. Case and inner
: bezel are 1(1/5)53 and the rest is probably interchangable and
: correct. The case looks cruely overpolished. I have not taken a
: very close look, but it doesn't seem to me like a chromed
: Modena.

: Kind regards,
: Manuel

: :
Cal.11 is wrong for Modenas. One of the pushers seems to be rounded, not fluted. Also wrong subdials hands and tachy ring. Case seems to be SS, also wrong.
For 3.5k euro... ouch!

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A fake Modena ?
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