What an earth is going on here?

[99call]

Is this an anomaly in the Non cuban world?, or just an elaborate fake?

 

[nKostyan]

https://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/brand/davidoff

[Puros Y Vino]

I'm guessing its a fake. I have a fake Davidoff box somewhere that has that stamp and I think they did make their own seal similar to the Cuban one once they moved over to the Dominican.  But a Quai D'Orsay release. Never heard of it.

[99call]

9 minutes ago, bundwallah said:

I'm guessing its a fake. I have a fake Davidoff box somewhere that has that stamp and I think they did make their own seal similar to the Cuban one once they moved over to the Dominican.  But a Quai D'Orsay release. Never heard of it.

It's funny, I reckon the street sellers in Habana would actually have more success, blagging people with an oddball like this, that dodgy boxes of Cohiba.  

I really have an affection for old fakes, especially the old Henry Clay ones.

[99call]

19 minutes ago, nKostyan said:

https://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/brand/davidoff

Cheers mate, yep I'm familiar with CCW, wasn't suggest any possibility of these being genuine cuban release, more sort of asking, if anyone had seen this can of odd box before. 

[nKostyan]

I read somewhere that the first releases of QdS was associated with Davidoff. I'll look...

[Puros Y Vino]

I just found my Davidoff box pics. Two I believe are either fake or Dominican. And the Cuban one might be legit. I bought these empty on ebay for kicks. 

Here's the lineup.

The Chateau Margaux on the left "might" be legit Cuban. I haven't really compared it to the actual seals of the era.  No box code on bottom either.   The middle one could be the Dominican release and the Haut-Brion I suspect is fake and the stamp reads "Hand made in Habana Club" and is accompanied by the green Davidoff seal.  (You can see it better in the 2nd picture. The box on the far right)

A close up of the seals.

[99call]

6 minutes ago, bundwallah said:

A close up of the seals.

you've got to love their efforts

[BrightonCorgi]

I thought Davidoff did not release any Chateau series cigars made in DR?

[cigcars]

 ...And Quay D'Orsays??? 

[nKostyan]

That's what I assume in my cigar club: collaborate production. Similarly, it was Dunhill