Short answer
A replica Breguet 3387BR is a counterfeit copy of a Breguet Classique in rose gold. The suffix does most of the talking: in Breguet's reference coding, BR means rose gold, so the number tells you the case metal before you see a single photo. Replicas of this reference sit across a wide price map, from under $100 to $600 and up, and the gap between them is almost all finishing: dial texture, hand shape, caseband work, and whether the movement inside is a serviceable automatic or a stamped quartz.
One thing to get straight first. Selling counterfeit watches is illegal in the US, and imported fakes get seized at the border. Buying one for personal wear is a separate legal question, but the practical risk lands on you either way: no warranty, no service, no recourse if it arrives dead.
Decoding 3387BR
Breguet builds metal into the reference number, which is useful when a seller's photos are vague or the listing is a stock image.
- BA: yellow gold
- BB: white gold
- BR: rose gold, the one in this reference
- A few other suffixes cover platinum and steel
So a 3387BR should look pink-gold, not yellow and not steel. If the seller's pictures show a white dial in a yellow case and the listing says 3387BR, one of those two things is wrong.
What I look at first on a replica
- Dial texture. Genuine Classique dials are engine-turned guilloché, cut into metal. Most replicas print the pattern or stamp it into a thin plate. Under a loupe, printed guilloché goes flat and slightly soft at the edges, and it stops shifting as you tilt the watch.
- Hands. Breguet hands are polished blued steel with the open circle near the tip. Replicas often paint them blue, or place that circle too high or too low.
- The caseband. The fluted coin edge should be crisp and evenly spaced all the way around. Crooked or shallow fluting is the fastest tell, and it shows up in low-light photos where everything else hides.
- Numerals. Look hard at the 6 and the 12. Fat, uneven strokes mean a cheap dial was used.
- Engraving. Laser engraving on the back looks grey and shallow. Hand engraving has small variation in depth.
Movement reality
You will not get a genuine Breguet calibre, and no honest seller claims otherwise once you press them. Most of these replicas run a Chinese automatic, either a Miyota pattern, a Seagull, or a DG series, often with a rotor decorated to imitate a higher-end finish. That is fine for keeping time. What matters more is whether the movement is common enough to swap. A standard Chinese automatic costs little to replace. A no-name clone does not, and when it dies the watch becomes a paperweight with a nice dial.
Price bands, roughly
Under $150 gets you quartz or a low-grade automatic, a printed dial, and a plated case that will wear through at the lugs within a year. Between $200 and $400 is where most people land: better dial texture, sometimes a sapphire crystal, a strap that is not plastic. Above $500 you are in super-clone territory, paying partly for the watch and partly for the photography and the box. The same rules apply whether you are shopping a Submariner or a Classique.
Questions worth asking before you spend
- Can you send a close-up of the dial shot at an angle? Guilloché catches light and shifts. Print does not.
- What movement is inside, by name?
- What is the actual case diameter, measured, not copied from the spec sheet?
- Will you take a return if it arrives not running?
If a seller dodges any of those four, the answer is the same as it would be for any other watch: walk.