The Thunder (2019)

The Thunder

The Thunder (破冰行动) is a 2019 Chinese crime drama dramatizing the real 2013 raid on Guangdong's Boshe village, then one of the mainland's largest methamphetamine-manufacturing operations. Huang Jingyu stars as narcotics officer Li Fei, sent undercover in the village his own estranged father, informant Zhao Jialiang, still lives in; Simon Yam plays Zhao Jialiang, Wu Gang plays Li Fei's superior Li Weimin, and Wang Jinsong plays village patriarch and drug lord Lin Yaodong. The 48-episode series aired on iQIYI and CCTV-8. (Wikipedia)

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Cartier Tank (fake)

Worn by Simon Yam as Zhao Jialiang. Informant Zhao Jialiang wears a counterfeit Cartier Tank produced by the domestic Chinese brand "斯诺威登." xbiao.com identifies it as fake from a dial close-up showing plain baton hands, where a genuine Cartier Tank uses blued sword-shaped hands. Simon Yam is himself a real-life paid spokesperson for the same knockoff brand, an overlap the source calls out explicitly. Real-adjacent confidence. (Xbiao)

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Vacheron Constantin (fake)

Worn by Tang Xu as Cai Yongqiang. Narcotics captain Cai Yongqiang wears a gold dress watch styled after an older Vacheron Constantin two-hand execution. xbiao.com identifies it as fake from a close-up on the winding stem's pivot hole, describing it as an unpolished, dark bore rather than the mirror finish genuine Vacheron Constantin work would show. Real-adjacent confidence. (Xbiao)

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Rolex Cellini (fake)

Drug lord Zhu Hongyun wears a gold-bracelet Cellini-style dress watch. xbiao.com identifies it as fake from two cues: visibly faded, discolored gold-tone bracelet plating, and a crown logo printed at an oversized scale relative to a genuine Rolex coronet. Real-adjacent confidence. (Xbiao)

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Rolex Submariner Hulk 116610LV

xbiao.com identifies the watch worn by hitman-turned-restaurant-owner Shan Ge as this reference, the all-green "Hulk" Submariner, a genuine, non-counterfeit piece unlike several other watches this source catalogs in the same drama. Medium confidence, reference level. (Xbiao)

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Rolex Datejust 116233

Worn by Yang Zihua as Lin Yaohua. xbiao.com identifies Tazhai village deputy committee director Lin Yaohua's watch as this reference, an unusually indirect identification made from the watch's reflection in a tea-table surface rather than a direct shot, reading the five-link Jubilee bracelet, cyclops-lensed date window, and fluted bezel off the reflected image. Medium confidence, reference level. (Xbiao)

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Cartier Ballon Bleu (men's leather strap)

Worn by Shi Dasheng as Su Jianguo. xbiao.com identifies Ministry of Public Security narcotics bureau director Su Jianguo's watch as a men's leather-strap Ballon Bleu, an atypical strap-and-size pairing for a line the source associates more with women's wear; no case size, material, or reference is given. Medium confidence, model level. (Xbiao)

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