A premium watch authenticator said there are telltale signs of fake watches. He said with counterfeiters getting more skilled, it is often difficult to tell the real from the fakes. From the paint on ...

Counterfeit Rolex watches have become so sophisticated in 2025 that some fakes are nearly indistinguishable from the real thing at first glance. While a “superfake” Rolex may seem like a bargain for ...

New internal report highlights the continued rise of counterfeit luxury watches and reinforces the importance of expert authentication in the secondary market.Surfside, FLORIDA, May 26, 2026 (GLOBE ...

Wav.Tech, an AI-powered watch authenticity verification platform, introduced WAV Mobile at a product launch event on May 14, ...

Two jewelers have been arrested in what the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said was a $70,000 counterfeit watch scheme, and authorities believe there may be more victims. Jonathan Parra, 37, , and Paula ...

There’s now a vast, rapidly expanding global trade in counterfeit goods: imitation clothes, shoes and electronics, and even fake cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Some fake products can pose serious ...

This is an edition of the newsletter Box + Papers, Cam Wolf’s weekly deep dive into the world of watches. It’s currently being manned by Jeremy Freed, watch writer extraordinaire, while Cam is on ...

Hundreds of counterfeit designer watches valued at nearly $16 million — if they were real — have been seized by federal customs agents at O’Hare International Airport since April, authorities said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it confiscated more than 200 counterfeit watches earlier this week at O'Hare Airport in Chicago. Photos provided by the department show the seized watches ...

Beaverton Police arrested three people Wednesday in connection with an alleged scheme to sell a counterfeit Rolex watch. According to a news release, police got a report of a fraud in progress at ...