Q: I currently want to purchase a rolex watch. I have one in mind, but I want to know how can one tell if it is a replica or the real thing. The watch that I am currently looking at is a Rolex Daytona and the model is 116520. This one in particular has a steel dial and it is 14K white gold.

A: Being a High School Principal in Southwestern Wisconsin, I have a lot of experience with the aesthetics of various clocks & watches. I can assure you that I have a very efficacious guide to discovering whether or not the watch is a fraudulent. Please refer to my source. If you are ordering it online, you may want to inquire about the legitimacy of the dealer.

Q: I get unsolicited emails sometimes offering knockoff Rolex watches. The knockoff Rolex products look essentially identical to the genuine type. Do jewelry stores confiscate fake Rolex & other lucrative brand watch products as required by law? Why can't USA and other nations where the manufacturers produce genuine watches pressure the particular nations to crack down on producing knockoff for copyright/patent violation?

A: When you go to a serious (Rolex) watch dealer, he will always see the difference with a copy ! It is the only way to be sure. The difference is sure in the movement used for starters.

They are never traded through email offers, count on it.

I live in Shanghai at this moment, and can inform you that all the foreign tourists go and look for the copy market. I live nearby, daily I am asked where it is exactly ! So if we refrain from wanting to buy copies, the problem could be solved as it would not be lucrative any more.
Personally I would never want to own any copy of anything. Go for real, it is worth it.