Hublot guide · 5 min read
How to spot a fake Hublot
Modern counterfeits are good enough to fool casual buyers — and almost never good enough to fool a professional with the watch in hand. These are the checks dealers run on a Hublot, useful whether you're vetting a purchase or wondering about a watch you already own.
Why Hublot gets faked
Big Bangs are widely faked, usually with flat printed 'skeleton' dials imitating the layered original. Hublot's construction is genuinely complex — a stack of case parts, visible screws and layered dial architecture — and that complexity is exactly what fakes flatten.
Hublot tells the professionals check
- Genuine skeleton and layered dials have real depth — components at different heights, not a printed picture of depth.
- The bezel's H-shaped screws are functional and sit flush with consistent orientation by design.
- Ceramic and gold parts have distinct weight and temperature; fakes in plated steel feel wrong immediately.
- Rubber straps are dense, moulded with clean logos — fake straps are shiny and light.
- Recent Hublots carry electronic warranty verification; a seller of a modern piece should be able to demonstrate it.
The seller's trap
There's a scam aimed at sellers too: the buyer who declares your genuine watch 'probably fake' to slash their offer, counting on your uncertainty. The defence is competition — when multiple registered dealers inspect the same listing, no one can talk the watch down unilaterally. If it's genuine, the other bids will say so.
Not sure about yours?
Submit it anyway — it costs nothing. Registered dealers assess the photos, and if they want your Hublot, their bids answer the authenticity question in the most concrete way possible: with money. And if it turns out to be a replica, you've lost nothing and you know the truth.
Ready to sell your Hublot?
Submit your watch free. Registered dealers bid, you take the best or walk away.