Tareq Salahi’s watch is a fake, jeweler says

Thursday, December 10, 2009
Roxanne Roberts and Amy Argetsinger, The Reliable Source,

Should we have seen this one coming? The watch Tareq Salahi turned over last week to satisfy a debt owed to a landscaper is a fake, according to court records and the jeweler asked to authenticate it.

Ray Cosey told our colleague James Hohmann he knew the timepiece -- said to be a fancy Patek Philippe, which can cost more than $15,000 -- was a phony the moment he saw it.

"Right away, we could see it was an imitation," said Cosey, owner of the R.E. Jewelers Watch & Clock in Chambersburg, Pa. "Oh yeah; even the look of the watch, you could just tell it wasn't real."

Cosey, in the business for 36 years, appraised it at about $100.

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