Hermes Serial Number
Fake Hermes Birkin (back). (March 2010) Orange 35cm, but what I don’t understand is mine the serial no and N is opposites hers, When you turn the flap between. Nov 1, 2017 - The whole saga of translating the Hermes 3000 Service Manual started actually with a request to update the serial numbers from new info.
By Bebefuzz
Hermes H buckle Constance belts are highly counterfeited. These gorgeous belts with an elegant H buckle make almost any outfit look more luxurious. Read this easy beginner's guide on how to weed out fakes from the authentic Hermes Constance belts.
Packaging
Just because a belt comes with packaging and/or a receipt, it doesn't make the item authentic. The picture above shows counterfeit packaging including a receipt, price tag, box, ribbon, and more.
If the packaging is fake, it almost always means that the accompanying item is also counterfeit. So, what are some obvious giveaways?
1. Authentic Hermes belts do NOT come with an orange authenticity card as seen in the above picture. This is some strange thing that some replicas come with.
2. An authentic Hermes belt box should not have any stamping inside of the box. Again, as seen in the above picture of fake packaging, there is a round stamp with some words on the inside of the orange box.
3. If the border on the front of the box is misaligned or crooked, the packaging is fake.
Color and Leather Type
Hermes Constance belts are always reversible. There will be 2 different types of leathers, one for each side. And most, but not all, Hermes Constance belts will also sport a different color on each side.
Some authentication guides online state that the colors must be different for each side, but this is wrong. There is a LOT of bad authentication tips online, so please be careful. We take authenticity extremely seriously; Lollipuff is focused on delivering great prices on AUTHENTIC designer items, so delivering accurate shopping tips is an absolute must.
The fake above shows a belt with the same leather type and color on both sides. This is a sign of a very obvious replica.
Leather Strap Stamps
Hermes Constance belts have at least 3 different stamps on one side of the leather strap, including the Hermes Paris made in stamp, a number that represents the size of the belt in centimeters, and a letter inside a circle or square that represents the year of manufacture.
1. If the belt is missing any of these 3 stamps and does not show any signs of severe rubbing, it's obviously a counterfeit.
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2. Another tip in regards to the leather stamping is that all year stamps with a circle and all year stamps with a square with a A or B should have the Hermes Paris made in stamp in gold or silver. If the belt has a square shape with a letter C or higher, than the Hermes Paris made in stamp should be a clear imprint stamp.
3. The number denoting the size of the belt should always be in centimeters (60,65,70... etc). It should never show it in inches (23,25,27... etc).
These are just some basic and easy authentication tips that would be helpful for most people. Very proper authentication performed for Lollipuff listings is more intensive and specific.
Buckle Stamps and Hallmarks
Authentic Hermes Constance buckles will always have the word Hermes on one side of the H buckle between the legs. It is sometimes accompanied with a plating hallmark for gold-plating or palladium-plating. The Hermes word can have a downward-facing slash (Hermès) or it can be without a slash. Many newer Constance buckles also sport dashes (-) on either side of the Hermes word.
There are many variations of stamping that can appear on an authentic Constance H buckle, and a true Hermes authenticator should be knowledgeable of each and every variation.
However, there's still some really great easy authentication tips that weed out a bunch of fakes.
1. The Hermes stamp should not look like it is encapsulated in a box like the above counterfeit example.
2. If you see a 14K, 18K, etc hallmark for metal purity, run away. It's a fake. Unlike a lot of incorrect authentication guides online, Hermes Constance buckles are not gold, palladium, or platinum; they are most oftentimes PLATED in precious metals.
Backside of H buckle
The backside of the Constance H buckle is usually very matte. If it is shiny, it usually means that the buckle is a poor counterfeit.
There are many misconceptions about the H buckle, because a lot of misinformation has been passed on as fact online. Contrary to many false authentication guides, 'Made in France' may or may NOT be on the back of an authentic H buckle. For older belts, Hermes used to never stamp this on the back of their H buckles.
Thanks always for reading and for sharing our passion for authenticity. We hope that this authentication guide with easy tips is helpful. :) At Lollipuff, we apply these checks and many more on each listing, so you can enjoy guaranteed-authentic items at great discounts.
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The Hermes 8 is a 44 key / 88 character machine incorporating segment shift. The machine is equipped with a tabulator, whose stops are set and cleared by use of a single lever on the right rear of the carriage.
The most instantly notable feature of the machine is the recess on the front cover to hold a stenographer's notebook. Tabs at the bottom ensure the notebook will not slip down. This feature, first introduced on the Hermes Ambassador model in 1948, eases the typist's work a bit since his or her eyes are always directly forward. Incorporation of this design element gives the machine a very tallish look and an unusual profile.
Another peculiar feature of the design can be seen in the profile photo; the Hermes 8 introduced a vertical carriage rail assembly. The silver-ended carriage support can be seen in the photo, with the carriage mounting wrapping around it from the rear. Ball bearings are used on this mounting and we think that this machine may have the smoothest-running carriage of any we've ever tested.
Other than these peculiarities, the machine is actually quite conventionally fitted out with line space selector (including half spaces, as many European machines do), flip up paper support arms, a paper release that also, when operated, lifts the paper bail (a feature we like,) and a well designed and shaped carriage return lever. Margin stop setting is 'automatic,' with the location of each stop indicated by a pointer visible through slots in the paper table.
The touch regulator is located under the ribbon cover, on the right hand side and does have a marked effect. That said, the action on this machine might by some be considered excessively stiff; this machine is surely one of the stiffer standard machines we've encountered. While the action is not so hard as to be unusable by any means, it does require strong and/or experienced fingers to both develop the machine's full speed potential while not shadowing, or skipping with the machine. It is of interest to note that Wilfred Beeching, in his book 'Century of the Typewriter,' wrote that the follow-on Hermes 9 was 'specially developed to give a light and rapid touch.' The Hermes 9 was introduced in 1964; by 1966 the Hermes 8 was out of production.
The machine includes other features, both peculiar and desirable. A peculiar feature is the manner of the ribbon selector; it is a knob, or perhaps spindle, protruding from the right side of the machine which correlates to dots printed on the carriage rail extension. A desirable feature is the inclusion of jam clear function in the margin release key.
The Hermes 8 gives the impression of being a real workhorse. It seems extremely solidly made, and in fact has a key lever / type bar system that positively ensures that any misalignment in a key lever cannot be transmitted to the type bars, by use of a novel dual-segment design. The action is quite stiff but the shift is remarkably easy and positive.
We put enough paper through the Hermes 8 to be able to recommend the machine with no misgivings, except to say that it might not be the machine one would initially wish to learn to type on due to the stiff action. Of course, if one did learn to type on this machine, he or she would have a leg up on others who learned on less stiff machines -- the payoff would be typing speed and endurance. The machine was clearly very expensive to manufacture and will take just about any abuse an operator could dish out on it. For office and transcription work, the notebook holder feature materially adds to this machine's utility and value. While the Hermes 8 is not our top favorite standard typewriter, it is a worthy and well made instrument.