Real vs. Fake Hamilton GG-W-113 Military Watch
Hamilton GG-W-113 Military Issue Watch Watch and learn how to spot fake vintage watches using the Hamilton Military GG-W-113, comparing real ones vs. fake ones. The Hamilton GGW113 was issued to pilots during, and for a short while after, the Vietnam War. This is an iconic watch that is now being copied by fakers, and unfortunately being sold online and in shop fronts. Some people don't realize they are buying and selling fakes, other people know but sell them anyway. Let's take a look at the real ones and the fake ones. Watch and Learn! If you have any questions, ask away!
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hello everyone welcome to vintage watch
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Street after watching this video you
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will know how to identify many fake
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watches today I'll show you how I
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identify a fake Hamilton Gigi w113
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we will compare originals against the
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fakes that I see people selling and
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people buying online let's get started
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the dial on the top watch is incorrect
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the Hamilton GTE w113 never signed the
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dials if you look on the bottom watch it
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is a sterile dial with no logo on the
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bottom watch you're also going to notice
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the Loom pips those triangles they're
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not perfect triangles
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they've been manually applied they're
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thick they're pasty the ones on top
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those are perfect triangles that have
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been painted on with modern technology
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this is incorrect notice the font on the
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original watch on bottom it's smooth its
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creamy the font on the top watch is
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bright it's sloppy I don't like that
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here we have another fake watch on top
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they've used this yellow paint to make
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this watch look old however this is new
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paint we can see these pips are also
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perfect triangles that have been painted
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on we can also see the seven in the 19
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on the fake watch or nearly touching
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each other as opposed to the original
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watch where the seven in the nineteen
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have a gap if you keep looking at the
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Fox you're gonna see more and more and
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more mistakes this watch on top
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it's very sneaky what they've done is
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they've used an original case but they
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filled it up with all fake parts the
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original Gigi w113 has arranged hands
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they should come two points on the end
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as opposed to what we see on the fake
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watch on top the second hand it should
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have a balancer and it's a round shaped
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balancer it should also
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an arrow on the tip of the second hand
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and notice that second hand is loomed
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all the way to the arrow you can see the
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watch on top all three of these hands
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are absolutely fake here we've got
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another fake watch on top a good fake
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watch but a fake watch we can see all
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three hands are incorrect the one hand
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that looks almost correct is the minute
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hand it almost looks like a syringe hand
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but you can see by the way it's hollowed
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out the fake hand is hollowed out all
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the way down to the bottom of the minute
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hand and it comes to a point when we
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look at an original syringe hand an
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original minute hand it is hollowed out
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but not all the way down to a point it
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comes down to a flat edge as a bonus
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point when we look at this watch on top
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those loom pips are perfect triangles
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that makes me suspicious when I look
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closer at those loom pips I can see
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they're actually triangles that are
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painted on with white paint that's a big
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red flag this also has a wrong crown
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this is a sneaky one guys they put all
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fake parts inside of an original case
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here we've got two fakes arranged hands
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again we've got that crappy looking
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yellow paint as opposed to the original
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watch notice the hands they've been
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painted white the frames of the hands
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are painted white we can also see the
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arrow tip on the fake watch is too
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elongated we see the points on the arrow
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are not sharp points as opposed to that
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on the original watch on the minute and
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second hands or the syringe hands you'll
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see before the point here on the
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original watch they have sharp points
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when we look at the fake watch above
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they're more rounded less sharp angles
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this top watch is another fake we know
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it by the dial but we also know it by
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looking at the lugs these lugs should be
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holding a fixed pen that should
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not rotate it should not slip it should
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not slide the watch on top unfortunately
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has a spring bar or shouldered pins
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which do move around you can see the
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watch on top the pin is shiny as opposed
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to a quality parkerized stainless steel
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pin we see on the bottom watch both of
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these watches are solid case backs you
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cannot screw the case back off when you
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see a solid case back GG the love should
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be drilled all the way through the fake
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watch on top does not have the lugs
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drilled all the way through it's
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important to note that on a two piece
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case back the lugs are not drilled all
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the way through but they should always
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have fixed pins only Ben Russ had
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shouldered pins the case of the GG w113
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is a parkerized stainless steel so it
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doesn't have a lot of shine and glare to
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give away your position the love should
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be sturdy and thick as opposed to what
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we see above where it's going to be thin
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loves that just stick straight out the
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original watch it has thicker lugs there
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more rounded more ergonomically designed
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the correct watch should also have a
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more pronounced vessel it's going to be
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a flatter shelf looking at the fake
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watch you can hardly see any vessel this
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crystal this fake crystal comes all the
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way to the edge of that fake case the
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watch on top it looks almost like a GT
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w113 but it is completely fake we know
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that by the syringe hands we know it by
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the loom pips we know it by the logo we
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also know it because the watch on top
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does not have fixed lugs I can see right
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on the bottom corner here
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those are shouldered pins I also don't
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see that pronounced bezel on the fake
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watch it's not a flat shelf like we see
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on the original GG watch however a nice
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the top watch looks it's
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completely fake guys the crown of an
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original GG is plain and unsigned domed
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all the way to the edge and fits exactly
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inside of the groove here when we look
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at this replacement crown on the bottom
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watch the bottom watch looks like a
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correct case it could be a real
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completely real GG but the crown is not
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original okay this crown is too shining
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it doesn't fit inside the groove
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perfectly and it's not domed all the way
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to the edge here we have another
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replacement crown on the bottom watch
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both of these ggs are beautiful and both
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are original this bottom replacement
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crown here we know it's been replaced a
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because it's too shining for that
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parkerized stainless steel case and it's
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also not fitting exactly inside of the
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groove on the case however this is a
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beautiful replacement crown here we have
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two more completely original GT w11 3s
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except the crown on the bottom watch
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which is not domed all the way to the
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edge and again it's too shiny
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as a bonus point I would like to point
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out the hands on this bottom watch have
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been real n'd
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you can tell that because the Loom is
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not flush and flat it's kind of pushing
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out from the hollow points a little bit
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here we have a two-piece case back you
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can screw it off the top watch is
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correct its unscrewed via those
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indentions the top watch it also has a
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more clear font that's pressed and
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stamped in there and you can see the
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watch on top is completely parkerized
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compared to the watch on the bottom left
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which is an untreated cheap metal notice
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the case back that I've unscrewed here
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it's also got nicely pressed stamps it's
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parkerized it has a gasket as well that
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is a correct case back
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lastly we know the bottom left case back
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is completely fake because Hamilton did
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not produce screw off case facts until
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1983
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however this says dated at 1970 here we
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have another two-piece case back with
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beautifully deep stamped fonts very
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deliberately stamped in there well we
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look at the bottom stamp on this fake
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watch you can see it's been lasered in
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not stamped deeply not purposefully the
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federal stock number is missing the
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dashes on the fake watch the fake watch
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has periods that are hardly visible
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they've been pressed or lasered in
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barely with inequality also notice the
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periods are hardly visible on the fake
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case back some of them are missing and
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they also have extra periods this fake
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case back also reads Hamilton which is
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incorrect
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none of the Gigi w113 ever had the word
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Hamilton written anywhere on the outside
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of the watch here we have a correct
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movement on the top left you can tell
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because the parts have been machined
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very nicely they're polished they're not
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as grainy as the pieces that you see on
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the fake movement on the bottom watch
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this is an ETA 27 50 and not caliber 1 2
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4 5 that we see on this fake watch
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you'll see ETA 27 50 and the logo
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stamped on the original watch just under
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the balancing wheel here and it will be
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scratched in it'll actually be stamped
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in very deliberately the original GG
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movement it has a movement ring that
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holds it in and holds it steady and
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there are no movement locks no screws
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here looking at the fake movement where
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it's the locking ring there is no
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movement ring here guys it's fake
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they've used these cheap screws and
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these washers to hold that movement that
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fake movement in place notice also the
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fonts the way they've lasered these in
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on this fake movement they're not
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pressed and stamped deeply like we see
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on the movement above here we can look
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at this whole picture this is a full
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disaster busted be
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case it's been polished it's been
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chipped they've used this case to make
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this watch look old they scratched up
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this fake case back as well guys this is
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completely fade
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there's nothing original in that watch
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here completely fake again you can tell
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by the dial by the movement by the round
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case back it should be a flat screw on
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case back here we have one more disaster
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you can see the case back here 1968 but
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it screws off ok the screw off case
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backs didn't come until 1983
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not one piece of this watch is original
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here we see someone has taken an
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original Hamilton Gigi w113 case but
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they filled it up with fake parts and
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they've taken a side-on picture here
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where you can really see the cases
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original but you can't see the full
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watch this is very sneaky guys they've
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also put this two-piece strap on here so
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you can't see those shoulder pins that
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are most likely there I'm telling you
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this does not have fixed pins guys
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believe me ok thank you all for watching
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I hope you've learned something here and
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this will help you avoid a fake watch
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and maybe it'll help avoid people
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selling fake watches please like please
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have one final question for everyone
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watching this video in this picture how
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many of these watches are real please
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put your answer in the comment section
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I'll let you know if you've got it
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correct thanks for watching have a nice
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day
