If you want to get a real designer watch, but are worried about the cost, and whether you will ever be able to use it outside the home, then you might consider 10 reasons why you should choose to buy a fake watch rather than splashing out thousands of dollars on a designer watch.

Replica Watches are Cost Effective. The biggest reason that people are not walking down the street wearing designer watches is the cost. Most original, designer watches, particularly those from fashion houses, can cost tens of thousands of pounds, and they are usually only sold in limited editions. Getting a watch replica is the best alternative, as you can choose from many quality styles and models without having to worry about taking out a second mortgage to pay for the shiny object.

Most People Can't Tell. Although watch experts regularly try to convince people that fake watches are easily identifiable, and that you will be scorned, in fact most real people can't tell whether a watch is Dior or fake simply by looking at it. People who haven't done specialist courses, or devoted their entire lifetimes to the watch production of one brand, that is, friends and neighbours who won't know if your watch is real or not.

Fake Watches Don't Lose Value. One of the downsides of owning a high-quality watch is the risk that it will be damaged, or go out of fashion. If you have paid a lot of money for a one-off designer watch, you are likely to get annoyed when it becomes scratched. Some people with designer watches are reluctant to wear them, and the watch ends up in a box at the back of the closet. No-one wins. On the other hand, although a fake watch won't go up in value, neither will it lose value by being scratched. In fact, some fakes have become almost as valuable as the real things, so given time, your watch could be worth a small amount more than you spent.

Fake Watches can be Impressive. Even though you aren't spending a lot of money on your watch, you will still have to pay more than £100 for it. That's a lot of money, particularly when times are tight, and people will still be impressed. And if you have an attractive, nice looking watch, what's not to admire? As noted above, most people won't even realise that it is a fake, and that means that they will be impressed just as much by a Swiss replica watch as by the real thing.

Fake Watches can endure. Although a replica can sometimes be less high-quality than the designer, in most cases, they are built along the same lines, and have similar mechanism. Although replica Swiss watches are not always made of the same very good quality materials, this doesn't mean that most of them will break down as soon as you get them. Perhaps a fake watch that you purchase from a man in the street market, but many online replicas are as tough and durable as the watches they are imitating.