Owning a Rolex is a hallmark of success and prestige ... Engravings and Model Numbers: Authentic Rolexes have deeply engraved markings and clear model numbers, not shallow or acid-etched imitations.

Like the time he noticed Ben Affleck wearing a 2000s Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea in Argo, a film based on events from the late ’70s. “It was so obvious,” he says over the phone from New York.