How to identify designer watch replicas

Recently, it was discovered that a place in Guangzhou specialises in making designer watch replicas, which are very convincing imitations. Among them, a Swatch watch is almost identical to the retail version, with the only difference being its date window: the genuine watch has the date displayed at the 3 o'clock position, whereas the replica's date window is at the 4 o'clock position. If you observe a replica watch carefully, you will find its craftsmanship to be very poor, especially the bracelet; every component of the stainless steel bracelet has extremely crude finishing, and errors caused by equipment precision issues during the cutting of parts can be seen from time to time, sometimes with very noticeable gaps. Furthermore, the surface treatment technology of the replica watch leaves much to be desired; polishing and brushing are insufficiently meticulous. This can be discerned from certain details: the more intricate the detail, the greater the machining difficulty, and the brushing on certain difficult and small areas of the replica watch is simply done by lightly grinding with a grinding wheel. Since it is a replica, cutting corners to reduce costs is inevitable. Everyone must look closely when purchasing a watch.