Authenticating a Watch: What is the Rotating Bezel?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the authentication of a watch being offered for sale, specifically focusing on concerns about its legitimacy and the function of the rotating bezel. The scope includes aspects of watch collecting, potential scams, and the technical purpose of watch components.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses skepticism about the authenticity of a watch offered at a low price and seeks advice on identifying fakes.
  • Another participant shares a past experience with a similar situation involving Krug Baumen watches, suggesting that while the watches were genuine, issues could arise if they malfunctioned.
  • A third participant mentions a rumor about watches being given away with the purchase of a Mercedes in mainland Europe, questioning the purpose of the bezel.
  • A fourth participant proposes that the rotating bezel was originally designed for dive watches to help divers track their time underwater, although they acknowledge uncertainty about this claim.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the authenticity of the watch or the specifics of the bezel's function, with multiple competing views and uncertainties expressed throughout the discussion.

Contextual Notes

There are unresolved assumptions regarding the authenticity of the watch and the reliability of the information shared about the rotating bezel's purpose.

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Anybody know anything about watches? I have been offered this watch for 100 pounds. The watch is still in its case and it still has its 5 year warranty certificate with it. The offer seems far too good to be true so can anyone out there give me any advice on how i would be able to tell if it was a fake?

And what's the rotating bezel for?
 
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Do you know how the person got it? There were some Krug Baumen watches cirulating about 5 years ago,£500 for £80 - £100. The story was that they were given away as freebies when someone bought a BMW, someone had an excessand was knoking them off on the side! The watches were genuin but if you had problems with them you were stuffed!

The bezel is the ring on the outside with the numbers on!
 
This guy is supposed to work for mercedes. Apparently if you buy a mercedes in mainland europe you get a watch chucked in with it. Whats the bezel ring actually there for?
 
Leave the watch alone and save your cash.

It`s my understanding that bezels were first used on dive watches to indicate to the diver the time he entered the water so he didn`t spend too much time at too deep a depth (but i could be wrong).
 

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