Interesting link...
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Budget_Watch_Collecting/Fake_Seikos

Good link.

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I actually bought a Franken watch on purpose....not a Seiko, but an old model Orient Beast case, that had a Mako dial and unknown movement. The price was too cheap to pass up, and so far, the accuracy is not too bad.

I don't have any pics of the movement but the rotor is black and the movement itself is noisy, which tells me Chinese in origin.

Great read, very good info. Thanks eddiea, I hope you make it back. You are missed by many.