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Found a Rolex in my Grandfather's inheritance. Is it real/worth anything? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by PMG_BG1@alien.top to c/watches@style.land
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I believe the spring is broken/needs a battery change. It doesn't have a strap or anything

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[–] Tae-gun@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

As the other comments indicate, this is an egregiously bad fake.

  1. "Perpetual" is in reference to an automatic (i.e. a type of mechanical) movement; quartz is a battery-powered movement. Can't be both things at once (unless it's got Grand Seiko's Spring Drive).
  2. "Datejust" requires a date wheel/window, which is not present here.
  3. Rolexes are Swiss-made watches, which have a "Swiss Made" marking at 6 o'clock. This example is lacking this marking.

Your grandfather was playing a joke on you.