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Originally Posted by
Fishman
When you see premium brand watches being worn in Asia by locals, 9 out of 10 are the genuine article. It is true that many fakes are manufactured in Asia but they are for tourists. Like many have said Asian people are very brand aware and they are experts at spotting fakes (they have to so they don't get conned). Also many people will not be seen dead in fake stuff because they know someone will spot the fake and think the worst of them. I am from Hong Kong and the HK girls I know with a bit of financial independence will be wearing a man-size auto. Subs, Panerais and Omegas POs are frequently spotted on female wrists. So it really is no surprise to see so many guys wearing top brand watches in that region.
Hey there
I was just in HKG last week on biz and you're SPOT on about females and women wearing men-sized watches!!! Not only it looks great on them ... but it kinda make them look very 'premium'. Seen a few sporting Rolex Sub Dates and Non-dates, 1 with a SD (no joke!!!), and a handful on Explorers and GMTs.
Just go on the MTR (their mass rapid train system), and you'll spot many with huge/large brand watches ... and yes, many are BRAND CONSCIOUS! :P
First time I was introduced to women wearing men's size watches was in Italy in the early-early '90s - in Milan, and Sardinia ('92 or '93). Asked my italian friend, who was a late 20-something then, and she said that they'd been wearing them like that for a few years at that point. So I'd always assumed the rest of european women were wearing men's sized watches, at least for fashions sake, for at least a decade by now (everyone's always a few years behind the italians or french in fashion :wink: ).
I started noticing some of the models in asian ads for cars, beer, whiskies, golf clubs, etc. which I'd see in some of the asian language magazines at the barbershop I used to visit (can't read any asian languages so don't exactly pick them up to peruse on a regular basis, but they got some great car magazines - and watch magazines) wearing "big" watches at least 10 years ago.