How To Spot A Fake Rolex Deep Sea Dweller Watch
Sometimes fake watches can be quite convincing. Rolex watches are one of the most replicated watch brands in the world, and recently in our store we inherited a fake Rolex Deep Sea Dweller. We do not sell or own any fake watches, we simply are using this fake watch as an example of what to look for in convincing fakes. So what we were able to discover without opening the movement from the fake watch iso 8 specific things.
1. The bezel
2. The Luminescent Markers
3. Lettering on inner bezel
4. Date
5. Seconds Hand
6. Face of Watch
7. Case Back
8. Rolex Inscription on Clasp
The bezel: I was comparing the clicking of the uni-directional bezel on both watches. The fake was very easy to move with a light clicking noise. A real Deep Sea Rolex watch will have a bit of tension when turning the bezel. There is also a clicking noise, but make sure you can really feel yourself turning the bezel.
The Hour Markers: Comparing the two watches you can see that on the face of the watch, the white hour makers are actually different colors. The real Deep Sea has dimmer luminescent markers, the fake watch has very bright white markers. Look for an off-white coloration in the real Rolex Deep Sea Dweller.
The Inner Bezel Writing: This is a very hard thing to recognize if you don’t have both watches in front of you. The real Deep Sea Dweller has very bold writing that should say “ORIGINAL GAS ESCAPE VALVE”. The fake watch does have the same font and writing, but is subtly less bold.
The Date: The real watch has a smaller date window with smaller numbers. It is also a bit lower than the date window on the fake Rolex. The date indicator is usually a good way to tell if a watch is fake or not. The raised bubble on top of the date on some Rolex watches (called the Cyclops) can be either too big or too small. Whichever Rolex you have knowing what the date should look like is very necessary.
Seconds Hand: One of the features the Rolex Deep Sea Dweller has is a seconds hand. The Deep Sea is an automatic movement which means there is a swifter movement for the second hand. This doesn’t mean it should go too fast. The impostor Rolex has a very fast second hand.
Bolder Writing: The iconic rolex dial has writing, study this writing because although subtle, can be a big indicator if your watch is real or fake. The fake watch displayed 
above has thicker white text. The real Rolex has a very sharp white text.
Case Back: The back of the fake watch should be tight and unable to move. The back should be a charcoal gray tone. The fake I saw was a dark almost black color and I was able to unscrew the back off. This is very fake!
Rolex Clasp: Do not be fooled, just because rolex is inscribed in the clasp doesn’t mean its real. This replica has almost the same exact emblem on the clasp, but compared to the original Deep Sea it looks completely fake!! The real Rolex has a darker stamping. The photograph of this is shown above.