I’ve now Googled ‘fake Mr Jones watch’ and found myself in some dubious corners of the internet. There’s a demand for them and Ali Express is the place to get one. The swimming pool watch seems to be the one that people go for, and it’s the only one stocked by the trader you linked to. From general reading, that does seem to be the big seller in Mr Jones’ catalogue.

On one forum, it was suggested that the real ones weren’t expensive, so why buy a fake? The member in question said he couldn’t justify $200 on a quartz watch. Maybe there are a good number of people who think that way.

The Ali Express trader says he has 93 available but also indicates that he has sold 1. 700+ customers are interested in the item. It’s hard to know if this means that they’re a hard sell, or are available for even less elsewhere. I didn’t search any further for other suppliers.

But I did come across this while I was browsing -


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More than 3,000 of those sold. It’s another world, but these traders presumably know what they’re doing with profit margins.