How to Spot a Fake Watch Website

This is the second post of a three part how-to series offering guidance for luxury watch buyers. Before shopping online for an authentic luxury watch, you should know how to spot a fake watch website. Websites selling counterfeit watches aren’t always easy to identify. In some cases, they mimic a brand’s official website so closely that it’s hard to… Continue reading How to Spot a Fake Watch Website

How to Spot a Fake Luxury Watch

This is the first post of a three part how-to series offering guidance for luxury watch buyers. If you plan to shop around for your next timepiece, you should know how to spot a fake luxury watch. With an estimated 40 million fake Swiss watches flooding the market each year, luxury watch buyers are at risk of buying a counterfeit… Continue reading How to Spot a Fake Luxury Watch

Buyer Beware: The Risk of Buying Counterfeit Luxury Watches Online

Buyer beware: if you’re thinking of buying an authentic luxury watch on the internet, you better think twice. The risk of buying a counterfeit luxury watches online is ever looming. The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FHS) estimates the 40 million counterfeit timepieces sold each year total a billion dollars in net profit. The majority of which are sold through… Continue reading Buyer Beware: The Risk of Buying Counterfeit Luxury Watches Online

5 Things Fake Watches Can’t Copy

Luxury watches are easy targets for counterfeiters.  The high price and social currency attributed to owning a luxury watch has created demand for lower cost versions and thus has flooded the market with fakes.  If you are seeking an authentic piece and encounter a watch from an unauthorized party, here are some factors to keep in mind that… Continue reading 5 Things Fake Watches Can’t Copy

Introducing Authentic – The Official Blog of Trusted.com

Today, purchasing luxury products comes with inherent risk.  According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), counterfeit goods are worth nearly half a trillion dollars a year, or around 2.5% of global imports.  Because of their high value, counterfeit luxury goods such as timepieces and artwork fuel the most luxuriant black markets. In the luxury watch market, it… Continue reading Introducing Authentic – The Official Blog of Trusted.com