Cartier Santos 100XL

[wolfeyes1974]

Dear Bros, Sis,

I need your advice.

I recently bought a santos 100 XL from ebay and had received the watch.

Outlook is good but buckle is hard to clasp on due to an OEM leather strap which prevents the 2nd lock to fit in.

Worst is when i shake the watch, i CAN hear the mechanism, even i shake it like 50cm away!!!! This worries me very much and I cant help but to think that it's a FAKE!!!!

Can anyone advice me if the mechanism of such a great watch be so rough? Even though its not serviced, i dont think that this shd be the case. Btw, the watch is 2years old according to papers.

i don't remember mine being audible...

[BRABUS]

i've seen a santos replica that comes complete with the box packaging, booklets and DVD.
to my knowledge, one way to tell is the spacing between the "X" and "XI" markers on the dial. the genuine one has the markers very close together, while the replica one has a more noticable gap between the two markers.

see these pics of other santos 100xl, and compare it with the smun's one:

Hi bro,
Thanks for sharing this great info !
Luckily i bought it from local AD so should be fine.
But the way the replica even include the box manual and dvd is quite scary though.

[burnz]

Hi bro,
Thanks for sharing this great info !
Luckily i bought it from local AD so should be fine.
But the way the replica even include the box manual and dvd is quite scary though.

most welcome bro.
frankly i'm not surprised that these china replica makers are getting so good nowadays in terms of quality. give these buggers a few more years and they would be able to clone just about anything!

[smun]

Hi All,

I got it sorted out! It's Genuine!!!!

Sent it for servicing to get rid of the "noise".

Thanks everyone, I am so glad to be in this forum.

[Oceanklassik]

Big relief for you. Good! Tx for the update.

[scf118c]

Hi All,

I got it sorted out! It's Genuine!!!!

Sent it for servicing to get rid of the "noise".

Thanks everyone, I am so glad to be in this forum.

Hi Smun, how much did JW charge you for servicing of the Santos 100 and how long do they take?

Thanks.

[phantom628]

Hi All,

I got it sorted out! It's Genuine!!!!

Sent it for servicing to get rid of the "noise".

Thanks everyone, I am so glad to be in this forum.

now you can sleep in peace...