Fake Titles and Fake Watches

THREE OR FOUR TIMES EVERY YEAR we read of a swoop by police or customs men on a store of counterfeit luxury goods, and when the captures include watches the numbers are often very high indeed. The Washington Post reported one raid in Manhattan finding half a million, and in Europe there have been similar successes. Why? What creates this market? Who creates this market?

Although most commentators in recent years have noted an undeniable decline in the public’s regard for British politicians, there are a few who have retained the electorate’s esteem and affection, and among these is one who, although a supporter of the present ruling party, frequently insists on voting according to the dictates of her own judgment rather than the Chief Whip’s instructions. She has thereby become for many admirers an icon. For us, as she has both prestige and sufficient money to be a target customer for luxury goods, she is a useful indicator, one from whom the watchmakers may learn.

And the watchmakers are asking the questions ~ Why does Kate Hoey wear a fake Gucci and announce the fact? Is this a new form of radical chic? Is it a new fashion statement ~ chic trash? If it is, how should it be fought?

The attached PDF file is a first look at the problem prompted by the suggestion that those who buy fake watches may be those who buy also fake titles.

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