help: tudor ranger fake or original?

[storm56]

hi guys, i' will buy this tudor ranger, but is fake or original ? thanks to all

[Bruno]

If the dial is fake I think you can tell by the gap between some letters, but I cannot remember which letters.

[bigbaddes]

caseback lettering looks dodgy.

[SimonK]

It's not good - 'Oysterdate' is a single word on real ones - yours has a gap between Oyster and date - a sure sign of a redial/fake. Also, the minute hand should be parallel not flared - another sign of a fake.

[Nigeyp]

????????????It doesn't seem to know whether its a Rolex or Tudor

[ed335d]

caseback lettering looks dodgy.

D'ya think?!

[storm56]

It's not good - 'Oysterdate' is a single word on real ones.

then also this is fake ?

http://www.ebay.it/itm/221732814349?...84.m1438.l2649

[SimonK]

^ Certainly looks like a redialled Tudor Prince with new, after market hands.

[GrandS]

They are asking $2100 for that thing... Cheeky.

[Wallasey Runner]

Don't you need something to compare it too - if anyone owns one known to be 100% correct please post a photo or two to enable a decent cross check. This method is always recommended when trying to verify a valuable vintage watch.

[RAJEN]

I doubt fakers would bother faking this. not because it is a bad watch but hardly mainstream. And, it looks properly aged.

[Wallasey Runner]

I doubt fakers would bother faking this. not because it is a bad watch but hardly mainstream. And, it looks properly aged.

Fair point, well made !!

The watch does look old and well used, but a google search of replicas, fakes or counterfeits of this particular model might be worthwhile to see if anyone has bothered. $2k is fair incentive to try.

[Kozzy]

I doubt fakers would bother faking this. not because it is a bad watch but hardly mainstream. And, it looks properly aged.

There is also the risk of it being a (semi)franken watch. Adding non-original (to the model) parts over the years. With less common watches it may not be as noticeable, as it is with the Subs and Speedys.

Not suggesting that this one falls under that category though.

[andamanen]

There are a lot of fakes out there, probably mainly because it's an easy dial swap on a lot of models for a big potential profit. The dial should look like this one:



(oysterdate one word)
(and different fonts for ranger and swiss too, I think, comparing to the one in the first post)