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I think your friend is a bit confused. They were not given permission by Rolex. They're not affiliated with Rolex in any way. It's in their text somewhere too. It's only "authorized" because they don't use copyrighted text anywhere or some bullshit like that.Welcome aboard Steve Smart...no confusion,this was sarcasm as written by my friend Martin on FB...simply pointing out that this company Royal Custom was trying to fool unknowing watch enthusiasts into believing they were authorized to replicate Rolex(even make them better lol)...it was simple for all of us to see they were cheap replicas by following the link:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/royalcustom/worlds-first-authorized-replica-watches
And all that for a price between $200,- and $350,-. Only odd thing is that they do mention that your "original" Royal Custom watch comes with an Asian movement or, when you opt for the $350,- option, a Swiss 2836 movement.......
Dear Royal Custom Watches, I'll take 100 Rolex Submariners for $350,- a piece. Please do not go through the trouble of making it a Royal Custom, but instead just send me the 100% original and unaltered Rolex straight to me. Of course I do expect an appropriate discount for all the trouble I save you.....
On a side note; they also operate the Facebook page Royal Custom Wacthes which has strangely a lot of likes from people with exquisite taste in real watches, including myself.
What you're getting for 200$ - 350$ is a replica of their upgraded Rolexs. To get an upgraded Rolex, you have to cut off your arms and legs, sell them for X0000$ - forgot the price - , and buy one.
Even more stupid.
furthermore Royal Custom somehow was showing some well know collectors,magazine publishers and bloggers unbeknownst to them as "friends" on their FB page in what might have been an attempt to make RC look legit!
ie: "On a side note; they also operate the Facebook page Royal Custom Wacthes which has strangely a lot of likes from people with exquisite taste in real watches, including myself. I know for sure that I have never liked this page and I expect that people like Geo Cramer, Gerard Nijenbrinks, Jonathan Kopp, Roberta Naas, Randy Torres, Robert-Jan Broer, Clarence Andrew Thompson, Ben Alon Ben Joseph, Andreas S. Gregoriades, Alan C Bloore, Angus Davies, Ariel Adams, Bart Grönefeld, Benjamin Clymer, Frank Geelen, Hororgasm Tan, Ian Skellern, and many more, did neither. Just so you know, since I couldn't fight the urge to hit the "unlike"-button and I can image neither can you! "