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Minutes & Seconds: Spot the fake watch
Some of the most copied watches are those from luxury brands Rolex, Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe, among others. Here are three pairs of watches. Can you tell the real deals from the counterfeits? The Straits Times gives you the lowdown on the giveaway characteristics of replicas
Recently, a ride hailing company let on that an Audemars Piguet watch (Ref 15400ST) was among the items left behind by passengers.
The published photo of the timepiece, which retails at nearly $25,000, generated much chatter among members of the Singapore Watch Club (SWC). They were convinced the watch was a fake.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 19, 2019, with the headline Minutes & Seconds: Spot the fake watch. Subscribe
