This week, we turn our attention to watch icons which have been reworked and reissued. Most are faithful to the originals, but many sport interesting new features. Here is our selection of Swiss made replica watches which captured our imagination.
Reworked watch icons which captured our imagination
Icons. A thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration. There are many in our industry. And some maisons have more than their fare share. We can rattle off almost any watch in Rolex’s steel sports watch collection, and that would make the list. That is why Rolex is the no. 1 watchmaker in the world. And most of the major maisons have candidates. Here are best CA fake watches which captured our imagination.
As usual, we list these in no particular order. And the intent is not a ranking of my kind, but purely for entertainment and fodder for discussion.
Replica IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar Watches
Not strictly a rework of an old model, but one which has sprouted out from an older collection series. The new Eternal Calendar is a new branch of the cheap fake IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar watches, which itself is part of the entire Portugieser collection receiving a refresh this year. The Eternal Calendar is the flagship of the series, and boasts of significant improvements over the basic perpetual calendar, if ever such a wonderful mechanical complication can ever be called basic.
The Portugieser Eternal Calendar starts off one upping the “basic” perpetual calendar with the secular calendar. The standard perpetual calendar keeps the days, months, leap years, but will require an adjustment once every 400 years, due to the over-under correction mechanism of the Gregorian calendar system. The secular calendar does not need a calibration for 4000 years. So the secular calendar is already quite an achievement, but for IWC, this is not enough. It is not a new complication or accuracy record. Patek Philippe have one in their caliber 89 pocket watch, the Frank Muller with the Aeternitas Mega 4, and interestingly Furlan Mari x Domique Renaud x Julien Tixier with their entry into the 2023 Only Watch. Quite impressive company. So to seal the deal, IWC made their moon phase display accurate to 1 day in 45 million years. This is a new record, handily beating the one held by Andreas Strehler which stood at 1 day in 2 million years.
And this technical virtuosity is achieved in addition to the already beautiful aesthetics of the Portugieser. The new Eternal Calendar is blessed with sapphire glass dials, which make the high quality copy watches look even more beautiful. And at CHF 150k, can be considered to be a reasonable value for money.
Fake Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse Ref. 5738/1R Watches
And the grande dame herself. A recreation of the original Golden Ellipse which was released in 1968 (Ref. 3548, manual wound), the theme behind the Golden Ellipse is to have an elliptical case with dimensions that respects the golden ratio. The icon saw many updates, and the current version was released in 2018 for the 50th anniversary with an alligator strap (Ref. 5738R). For 2024, the Swiss movements replica watches receives a new, soldered on gold bracelet.
This is an iconic Canada AAA super clone watches, if ever there was one. From the magnificently beautiful aesthetics suggested by the proportions of the golden ratio, to the elegance of the thin case, the superbly integrated bracelet. Of course, the movement is no slouch. The Golden Ellipse is equipped with no less than the Cal. 240 which is finished to the exacting requirements of the Patek Philippe Seal. This is one workhorse movement which remains very attractive and sets a high standard for finishing.
Pricing is admittedly steep at SGD 87k, a premium of some SGD 34k for the bracelet. But to us, who have seen and tried the Ref. 5738/1R on the wrist, it is certainly worth every pretty penny. And if the bank manager is not cooperative, the alligator strap version will suit nicely too.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak “Jumbo” Extra-Thin 16202ST Replica Watches
Audemars Piguet’s 2022 release of the 16202ST Royal Oak “Jumbo” Extra-Thin that looks pretty much identical to the previous 15202ST. Almost, but not quite. The 16202ST is 0.1mm thinner than the 15202ST. And everything remains pretty much the same. The case design, the octagonal bezel with exposed screws, the petit tapisserie dial, with the simple time only hand layout. All tweaked subtlety, but yet remain much the same. In this case, the acorn doesn’t fall far from the oak tree. The top Audemars Piguet replica watches remains pretty much similar to the original Royal Oak Ref. 5402ST which created a whole new genre in the watchmaking world way back in 1972. The Royal Oak has of course seen numerous relaunches with reworks, and our vote goes to its latest iteration 16202ST which retain almost all the DNA of the original.
But what we cannot see from a casual look is the movement. Even compared to the caliber 2121 in its immediate predecessor, the caliber 7121 is technically superior. It runs at higher beat rate of 28,800 bph and longer power reserve of 55 hours. The movement is fitted with an anniversary rotor and best of all, it retails at the same price as before at SGD 53k. And good value or not, unless one is connected to the AP boutiques, securing one is a tall order.
Concluding thoughts
So here are our icons. What are your iconic luxury 2024 fake watches from the past. Have they been breathed a new lease of life and now available new again?