Counterfeiting

The production and sale of counterfeit merchandise has become a problem world-wide and occurs on the internet or anywhere that buyers or sellers are transient (such as vacation destinations, fairs, street corners and going out of business sales). In an attempt to combat counterfeit merchandise, Tiffany and Co. went on line through E-bay and purchased numerous items of jewelry and giftware represented as genuine Tiffany and Co. merchandise. Of the items purchased 80% were counterfeit.

Watches purchased from a non-authorized source such as discount venues (domestic and overseas) and many internet sites may be counterfeit or may be illegally purchased from a gray market source with the original serial numbers removed to avoid tracing by the manufacturer. Be aware that most manufacturers consider a watch to be counterfeit once the serial numbers are removed and no repair work, parts, or support will be given to the watch by the manufacturer.

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