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By which features can counterfeits of Montblanc watches such as TimeWalker or Sport Steel chronographs be recognised?

Montblanc Identifying fakes FAQ entry

Counterfeits often give themselves away by missing or wrongly positioned date displays, e.g. when a TimeWalker Chrono is offered without the factory-placed date window between 4 and 5 o'clock, as well as by misshapen indices (e.g. an uneven 4 on the bezel) and cases whose strap connections do not match the typical TimeWalker connections. Sales behaviour also gives hints: when sellers do not clearly name brand and model but only suggest them via category and terms such as Meisterstück, or when the rest of the range is thematically incoherent, scepticism is in order. Counterfeiters are getting better, so meanwhile TimeWalker and SkeletonStar replicas are also in circulation; known sources such as replica-watch-town.com offer wide replica ranges. In the souks of Turkish holiday areas such watches are sold legally, which additionally drives distribution.

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