both my F91w and A168 are made in Thailand! I had the F91w and was made in China. I guess they shifted production since i heard some were having issues
the easiest way to find out is put under running water - fake way water resistant is terrible coz after a few times moistures starts to appear inside the dial resulting in cloudiness on the glass covering
I've just received two of these fake watches from eBay, probably the same place as your good self. Now what do I do. Thank you for the excellent video.🤗
@@RobbieKhan I gave my father one about 20 years ago, and that one says Made in Malaysia on it, and it's guaranteed genuine. I doubt they were ever made in Japan?
Mine arrived yesterday off ebay and it passed on lots of the fake tests but ultimately it was fake. The lack of drilled lugs gave it away but as far fakes go it was quite good' i told the seller it was fake and bad feedback would be left' i got a full refund
They make fakes of even £10 watches. It's just what some people in China do. If there is even a single dollar to be made they'll fake it as is evidenced by all these fakes from low to high.
Why not? The watch costs about $1 to manufacture if we're generous. Most of the custom tooling probably runs less than 10 grand, except for the tooling for the control IC which is either generic or was done decades ago, cost probably about 100 grand at most, but if you get enough volume, no problem - low end chip factories in China want to keep their production lines occupied, and are sometimes willing to give an insane discount to the enterprising locals, you just have to catch them at the right time. There's probably a bunch of watches, including smaller brands, homage brands etc which use the same controller, and it probably has some configurability, where you can fuse together some lines to enable or disable the features on there and either make it display the Casio logo or not, whether it's 3- or 4-button operation, modes available, etc, and the large setup cost for the IC is distributed effectively among all these countless customers, who might very well comprise the bulk of the watch market to be served by just a couple ICs. Financially it makes total sense. They can sell a lot of these replica watches in poorer countries, or to resellers at about $3-$4 a piece depending on quality they put into materials, components and finishing. By the time you got it, the price is inflated to $12, and since it's profitable to resellers and they keep buying, the manufacturers keep churning them out. There are a lot of countries where Casio isn't represented officially and where you'd have to spend double or multiple its MSRP to MAYBE get a genuine one, or maybe a fake! Most people across the world will be comfortable wearing a $10-$25 Casio, it's a brand with some reputation, but it doesn't encourage the person being mugged or murdered quite as much, which is a massive consideration for most people in poorer countries. The market for fake Rolex should really be much smaller if you look outside the first world bubble. A lot of people go on a public toilet and never return, earning a brick shaped hole in their skull instead. It can even look like an accident, if the structure is run down enough.
Update. Yeah they fixed iluminator light as well. So Yeah. I got mine yesterday. Fake. Difference is. Holes in case for pins and small letter U on bottom of the watch. Bracelet is very sharp on edges. Needed to soft it down on polishing wheel at work. But it Works i keep it. 🫣
I’ve had my a168 for 7 years and I’ve just realised that it doesn’t say where it was made. Neither on the case back nor on the clasp. Except from that it looks totally original and has been running perfectly. Does anyone have a casio without « made in… »?
@@RobbieKhan thanks for your answer. I did open the watch to change the battery (which was a Panasonic… I don’t think a fake would have a Panasonic, right?). There was a stamp on the inside of the case back and « no (0) jewels casio china » was written on the module. So I guess I have a very rare A168 without any « made in » on the outside 🤣
@@remlr92 Ah that's good to know! Quite cool how yours is unique in that regard too, maybe it's a small batch that was unmarked on the back when they changed over from Japan to China manufacture?
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I was so worried that I would get a fake from Amazon after watching. Thankfully I got a genuine one.
both my F91w and A168 are made in Thailand! I had the F91w and was made in China. I guess they shifted production since i heard some were having issues
Best comparison bro love from INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳
the easiest way to find out is put under running water - fake way water resistant is terrible coz after a few times moistures starts to appear inside the dial resulting in cloudiness on the glass covering
I like fake ones backlight concept
Yes, thank you Robbie.
I've just received two of these fake watches from eBay, probably the same place as your good self. Now what do I do. Thank you for the excellent video.🤗
File a return!
God only knows how many people have fake ones and don't know that they are fake.
У подделки корпус металлический?
if it did, it would be better than the authentic one!
Thank you! I will buy one, but I just regret there is no timer...
Yeah it is a shame but I guess it is what it is for the price!
It says "Made in China" was there ever a "Made in Japan" version?
Don't think so, they've all been made in China for many years now.
@@RobbieKhan I gave my father one about 20 years ago, and that one says Made in Malaysia on it, and it's guaranteed genuine. I doubt they were ever made in Japan?
The "a159w" with the jubileeish bracelet is made in japan. That's the only original Japanese one.
Mine arrived yesterday off ebay and it passed on lots of the fake tests but ultimately it was fake. The lack of drilled lugs gave it away but as far fakes go it was quite good' i told the seller it was fake and bad feedback would be left' i got a full refund
Sounds like the fakes have now started to get convincing!
why would they make fakes of a $25 watch?
It makes sense for Rolex but really.. Casio?? xD
They make fakes of even £10 watches. It's just what some people in China do. If there is even a single dollar to be made they'll fake it as is evidenced by all these fakes from low to high.
Why not? The watch costs about $1 to manufacture if we're generous. Most of the custom tooling probably runs less than 10 grand, except for the tooling for the control IC which is either generic or was done decades ago, cost probably about 100 grand at most, but if you get enough volume, no problem - low end chip factories in China want to keep their production lines occupied, and are sometimes willing to give an insane discount to the enterprising locals, you just have to catch them at the right time. There's probably a bunch of watches, including smaller brands, homage brands etc which use the same controller, and it probably has some configurability, where you can fuse together some lines to enable or disable the features on there and either make it display the Casio logo or not, whether it's 3- or 4-button operation, modes available, etc, and the large setup cost for the IC is distributed effectively among all these countless customers, who might very well comprise the bulk of the watch market to be served by just a couple ICs. Financially it makes total sense. They can sell a lot of these replica watches in poorer countries, or to resellers at about $3-$4 a piece depending on quality they put into materials, components and finishing. By the time you got it, the price is inflated to $12, and since it's profitable to resellers and they keep buying, the manufacturers keep churning them out. There are a lot of countries where Casio isn't represented officially and where you'd have to spend double or multiple its MSRP to MAYBE get a genuine one, or maybe a fake!
Most people across the world will be comfortable wearing a $10-$25 Casio, it's a brand with some reputation, but it doesn't encourage the person being mugged or murdered quite as much, which is a massive consideration for most people in poorer countries. The market for fake Rolex should really be much smaller if you look outside the first world bubble. A lot of people go on a public toilet and never return, earning a brick shaped hole in their skull instead. It can even look like an accident, if the structure is run down enough.
Because this same watch is 68$ in Canada
I've got genuine and fake f-91w ...other than few minor details they're gettin really good.. 2023
so the fake one has a better back light, because it stays on for 3 seconds. lol
Its very difficult to understand your voice.
Next time, please add some more volume on your sound, please.
Increase your volume. The video is 3 years old and the voice volume is normalised as well.
@@RobbieKhan your voice was fine bro imo
I ordered two on eBay both fake just ordered the real deal from Casio website
Man mine is even faker than yours 😂 the illuminator is just a green led on the left not a real illuminator
Update. Yeah they fixed iluminator light as well. So Yeah. I got mine yesterday. Fake. Difference is. Holes in case for pins and small letter U on bottom of the watch. Bracelet is very sharp on edges. Needed to soft it down on polishing wheel at work. But it Works i keep it. 🫣
I’ve had my a168 for 7 years and I’ve just realised that it doesn’t say where it was made. Neither on the case back nor on the clasp. Except from that it looks totally original and has been running perfectly. Does anyone have a casio without « made in… »?
You could take off the case back and look for a casio stamp on the module itself just to be sure it is definitely genuine!
@@RobbieKhan thanks for your answer. I did open the watch to change the battery (which was a Panasonic… I don’t think a fake would have a Panasonic, right?). There was a stamp on the inside of the case back and « no (0) jewels casio china » was written on the module. So I guess I have a very rare A168 without any « made in » on the outside 🤣
@@remlr92 Ah that's good to know! Quite cool how yours is unique in that regard too, maybe it's a small batch that was unmarked on the back when they changed over from Japan to China manufacture?
@@RobbieKhan I have no idea! By the way, do you know what the « y » on the case back stands for?
@@remlr92 Have to admit I have no idea what that represents!