Why do many people buy replica watches? Why is the quality of the replica watch almost the same as the original one?
The fake watches in the world mainly come from China, and most of the replica watches in China come from Guangdong, especially Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Jieyang and other places. After 1979, due to its special natural geographical location and social and economic conditions, Guangdong became an experimental field for reform and opening up, and was allowed to implement special policies and flexible measures in its opening to the outside world. In 1992, a new wave of reform and opening up was launched. The reform and opening up of the Pearl River Delta continues to develop in depth, the introduction of foreign capital has set off a climax, infrastructure and various constructions have advanced by leaps and bounds, economic development has accelerated, and the process of industrialization has accelerated. Through more than ten years of development, Guangdong has a world-class light industrial park and first-class metal processing capabilities. Especially in Shenzhen, during the period of reform and opening up, in order to invest in the development of accessories and manufacturing, many Hong Kong-funded and Taiwan-funded enterprises settled in Shenzhen. Driven by these enterprises, Shenzhen has formed a complete industrial chain of watch production, processing and sales. Shenzhen’s clocks and watches occupy an absolute leading position in the country, with production accounting for 60% of China’s and 45% of the world’s. Shenzhen’s brand watches and clocks account for more than 70% of the Chinese market. The China National Light Industry Federation and the China Watch and Clock Association officially awarded the title of “China Watch and Clock Capital” declared by the Shenzhen Municipal Government, and Shenzhen has become the only city in China to receive this title.
Where there is light there is darkness. Relying on Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan and other places, the complete watch industry chain not only produces and sells brand watches, but also many replica watches are born here.
In fact, fake watches are also divided into many grades, which can be divided into low imitation, general imitation, high imitation and ultra-high imitation according to the degree of fineness. This article is about replica watches. Unlike everyone imagined that replica watches are produced in hidden underground home workshops, in reality replica watches must be produced in extremely formal watch manufacturers, not home workshops. Home workshops carry out the simplest assembly at most. Now the huge supply of high-quality replica watches on the market cannot be supported by home workshops, and the level of sophistication of replica watches cannot be achieved by home workshops.
Now, there are many legends about a replica watch manufacturer on the Internet, saying that this is an underground factory that secretly closes its doors to make replica watches. These rumors are nothing more than adding mystery to the sales of replica watches on the Internet. The production of replica watch is absolutely impossible to rely on a certain underground factory to process independently, but to rely on the joint efforts of several factories. Among them, the most important thing is the initiator. The promoters first need to predict the market situation, and then determine the watch styles that need to be counterfeited. They will directly go to the counter to buy genuine watches and disassemble them completely. Send different parts to different manufacturers, such as movement manufacturers, case manufacturers, watch chain manufacturers, literal manufacturers, and outer packaging manufacturers, and let them open the mold one by one. Manufacturer to assemble.
Manufacturers directly involved in the production of a certain component of replica watch cannot be underground factories, but are definitely regular manufacturers registered with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and there are also subsidiaries of listed companies. These factories definitely do not survive by producing high imitation watch parts alone, but also accept orders for other brand watches. Their manufacturing level and processing environment are even better than some big brands. The parts of a certain brand that I know cannot be produced by themselves, and they are all manufactured by companies in Guangzhou.
The imitation watches in the three photos at the beginning of this article have such a high level of processing, all of which rely on the joint efforts of these regular manufacturers. According to Article 213 of the “Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China”, the crime of counterfeiting registered trademarks, the production of replica watches is an illegal act. Why do these regular manufacturers take the risk of breaking the law for this money? That’s because the parts produced by these regular manufacturers all have no “brand logo”. All the regular manufacturers have to do is to open the mold of the parts sent by the replica watch production initiator and produce the exact same ones. This kind of production behavior is not illegal. They are just an ordinary part of the entire replica watch production. The only ones who really violate the law are the initiators who string together the entire replica watch industry chain.
The logo on a brand watch is nothing more than appearing on the case, dial, clasp, and dial. The sponsor first finds a regular watch component manufacturer to provide blank parts without logo, and then a small workshop will put the logo on it. Such technical requirements are not high, and plate printing and metal lettering are easy to find in Guangzhou. The picture below is some replica watch parts without brand logo, the imitation is Tudor Black bay.
During my half-year undercover investigation into the high imitation watch industry, I found that it is very, very, very difficult to reach the core factories in this industry. Only excellent partners have access to the factory, I learned from the TickUnique team director.
Because replica watch itself is illegal. The same high imitation watch will be produced by several promoters, and even the same promoter will have several replica watch versions. Prices for different versions are different.
There are hundreds of these websites selling replica watches, but there are very few that offer high quality and craftsmanship for a low price. There is a high chance of coming across fake sellers and frauds. Always check the details first before placing an order. Or buy through a reputable replica watch website, such as www.Tickunique.is. Their replica watches are doing very well, but they are definitely different from real watches.
I will give you a sentence: “Be careful when buying watches, no matter whether it is true or false, there is no free lunch in the world. If you want to buy a watch, you can find a reliable merchant.”
