OK, this is my little guide to help you spot a FAKE Bape Casio G-Shock and save yourself a whole heap of cash and trouble. There are some other guides like this, but I've noticed that at least one of them is written by someone who is selling Fakes themselves!! Cheeky so and so.

Right now there are LOADS of Bape G-Shocks for sale on eBay. Yellow ones, white ones, red ones, pink ones and black ones. I've seen them all. Some sellers are offering buyers the chance to buy more than one at a time and even to choose what colours they want. So far so good. Except, they are ALL FAKE!

Now if you don't mind buying a fake that is one thing. But 99% of these sellers are advertising their Fapes (see what I did there?) as genuine Bape Casio G-Shocks, and that means some poor buyers are paying waaaaay over the odds for them. (I've seen one poor guy who paid over £220 for a fake!!!)

So, how do we spot a fake? It's pretty simple.

The original Bape Casio G-Shock DW-6900 were available as very limited edition watches. They were all limted runs of 1000. That's ONE THOUSAND! The edition number will also be engraved on the back, NOT printed.  Now check the one you are going to buy/have bought. Says xxx/2000 doesn't it? D'oh!

The words around the display should be white in colour

The 3 'eyes' in the display should all be the same colour. The largest eye should certainly NOT be red.

The text above the 5th button (Illumination button) should say Go Ape on all but the white version (That does say WAR 21st RESIST)

Any pictures that show the original box should show the corner pieces fitting very snugly (this is a quality item after all)

That's basically it. Just remember, the real Bape is a VERY limited edition. I believe it originally sold for approximately £600. You will NOT buy a real one for less than several hundred pounds!

For further info, have a look here:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=79528

Or visit the forums at watchuseek . com  and ask someone to have a look at the watch you are interested in. Someone will be able to confirm authenticity very quickly!

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