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Chicago turns into major hub for fake luxury watches

By Noëmie Leclercq

Published on 05.06.2025 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

In the space of a month, there have been two record seizures at the US city's airport worth a total of more than $15m.

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United States
Chicago turns into major hub for fake luxury watches

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United States Chicago turns into major hub for fake luxury watches

In the space of a month, there have been two record seizures at the US city's airport worth a total of more than $15m.

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Read also

Watchmaker Richard Mille soaks up rosé losses

US customs target UPS's largest sorting centre in counterfeiting crackdown

Time's up for police officer caught in possession of counterfeit luxury watch

US customs lobbies for new law to deal with fake goods shipped in individual components

Trump vs Mamdani: fight against counterfeiting turns political in New York

Unlike Rolex, Tudor unable to brandify its centenary

Counterfeit market feels effects of tit-for-tat tariffs imposed by Washington and Beijing

Industry crisis prompts flamboyant Richard Mille to play it safe

Travellers with luxury watches facing hard time with Swiss customs

Front Row Cartier struggles to find successor to style and heritage director Pierre Rainero

High-end counterfeit seizures soar in US during trade war with China

Counterfeiters The real-fake Lady Dior bags that could shake up the second-hand market

Spotlight Audemars Piguet enters challenging second-hand market, hoping to hit the big time

China may open counterfeit floodgates in retaliation for US tariffs

In Focus Luxury firms' backstage manoeuvring in French state auctions of seized goods

Spotlight Rolex's reluctance to certify its watches worries auction houses and buyers

Rolex, Patek and Audemars: the laundering investigations alarming vintage watch dealers

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United States
Chicago turns into major hub for fake luxury watches

Front Row
Cartier struggles to find successor to style and heritage director Pierre Rainero

Counterfeiters
The real-fake Lady Dior bags that could shake up the second-hand market

Spotlight
Audemars Piguet enters challenging second-hand market, hoping to hit the big time

In Focus
Luxury firms' backstage manoeuvring in French state auctions of seized goods

Spotlight
Rolex's reluctance to certify its watches worries auction houses and buyers