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: All very good suggestions. In the end, please be smart about the
: way you purchase. Some helpful tips:

: - Request pictures of the watch for sale set to specific times,
: (dates if it has date) and next to your user name. I usually ask
: for at least two.
:


Can I also suggest taking a look at the photos in a proper picture editor, not just a "viewer".

Here is what my viewer shows:

Here is what the editor shows is really there:

I tried a 10 minute fake on bristnj's photo and it was horrible, but for a few thousand in most currencies I think I would take at least a day at faking it. And remember your web browser and email are just "viewers" and will try to clean it up for you.


Mike

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