Only in Thailand - When is a verified gen not a gen? When you buy it from Customs of course

[narikaa]

Read the story here:

Tick-tock shock: Thai Customs admits time's up for fake luxury watches in auction | Thaiger

[Grapeshot]

I’m trying to work out if it is a good thing or a bad thing that customs can’t tell a gen from rep.
Do you think that they would be interested in my old rep Sea Dweller? Only asking 7000 GBP.

[narikaa]

The potted history is that the seized watches where verified as all as being gen (bar one) by an expert, once sold as such they were subsequently re-assessed as being good old 'Sexton Blakes'.

Ineptitude or a wee bit of 'switch-a-roo' skulduggery

[Horace Derwent]

Great article, thanks for sharing @narikaa !