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Magnus (Moderator)
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Monday 10 November 2008 5:31:07 pm
Superficially it looks good to me BUT
due to the increased interest from the collectors world, fakes or marriages are increasingly found, and their quality gets better and better. Since the movement are rather standard ones, its relatively easy to produce such 'frankenwatches'.
I'd therefore be rather cautious buying them online, as it is nearly impossible to verify the authenticity of vintage pieces without direct inspection. Therefore, I would hesitate buying such a watch without a return policy. Also, I personally would not feel comfortable to give you any concrete input as to whether I think its the real deal or not.
You can always send a watch to Blancpain to get it authentified.
The link below guides you to an article on collecting vintage Blancpain watches and might help in getting into contact with really knowledgeable persons outside Blancpain:
http://www.blancpainforum.com/for...lecting_vintage_blancpain_50_fathoms
Furthermore, I would suggest to contact Stephane Ciejka from the publication La Revue des Montres. He is also author of some famous monographs on military watches:
La Revue des Montres
Edité par Jalou SARL à Paris.
Stéphane Ciejka
Rue du Plâtre 10
F- 75004 Paris
Tél. +33 1 47 63 48 00
(sorry no email!)
Best,
Magnus
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