Heavyweight Bout: Swiss Luxury Patek Philippe Reference 5170P vs. 5070P (Plus 5070P-013 ‘London’ Edition) Chronograph Replica Watches UK

From the time that I first made it known that I’d brought home best replica Patek Philippe’s lovely Reference 5170P chronograph watches, I’ve frequently been asked two questions:

    How does it stand up to my Patek Philippe Reference 5370P split-seconds chronograph? I addressed that topic briefly in my “Why I Bought It” article on the 5170P, but may return with another report after I have the benefit of more wrist time with both.

    How does it compare to Patek Philippe’s prior flagship chronograph, the platinum-cased Reference 5070P?

I don’t own a Reference 5070P (nor for that matter any of the 5070 variants). But happily enough two members of our NorCal watch gang do, and one of the two 1:1 UK fake watches is the super-rare Reference 5070-013 “London” edition issued in May of 2015 for the firm’s exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery (see Eleven Regal Timepieces From Patek Philippe’s Grand Exhibition At London’s Saatchi Gallery).

Recently, the 5070-013 London edition came my way for some shooting, and between that and some older shots of my other pal’s original Reference 5070P-001 I can share a direct comparison with you.

First things first: falling in love with Patek Philippe Reference 5070P

It was seven or eight years ago that I first saw a Reference 5070P in the metal at one of our gang’s regular luncheons that happened to have a “chronograph” theme.

I was immediately captivated by the masculine proportions of the high quality replica watches, the attractively cluttered dial with its white gold applied numerals, and the profile of the 507x-style case (which also serves exceptionally well in the much more complicated guise of the Reference 5074 perpetual calendar minute repeater featured in The Great Chime-Off: Patek Philippe Minute Repeater References 5074P And 5078P.

In 2012 I managed to borrow this 5070P-001 for a photo session using my 2012 equipment and 2012 photographic skills; I recently went back through my photo files and above and below are a couple of shots that at a minimum do a decent job of imparting a sense of the gravity of the cheap copy watches and the captivating slate-blue color of the dial.

As I’ve had the opportunity to compare and contrast Reference 5070 and Reference 5170, one thing that has struck me is how cleverly Patek Philippe managed to package the Lémania-derived Caliber CH 27-70 movement with its 27.5 mm diameter into a wristwatch that, at 42 mm in overall diameter, is one of top Patek Philippe replica watches’ largest ever.

If you look carefully, you’ll notice that the subdials for the 30-minute chronograph counter and running seconds are actually quite close to the center of the dial.

Watches with a “cross-eyed” appearance revealing a too-small movement inside are a pet peeve of mine, but Patek Philippe’s use of a double outer railroad track for the chronograph seconds and tachymeter fills the space so well that until now I’d never noticed the inboard subdial placements.

Time passes: enter Patek Philippe Reference 5170P

After I’d first had a chance to check out Reference 5070P in detail, it took up a prominent position on my “objects of desire” list; but I wasn’t alone in my longing, and the prices for the few pre-owned pieces that came to market began high and then got higher. So I never pulled the trigger.

Fast forward to Baselworld 2017 and I had my socks knocked off again, this time by the newly introduced Reference 5170P with its striking blue-black dégradé dial and sparkly-but-distinguished applied diamond baguette-cut hour markers.

I’ve written in detail here previously about the 5170P so won’t go on at great length now, but I’ll foreshadow my conclusions below by saying that for me AAA fake Patek Philippe Reference 5170P watches is in every way a worthy successor to its platinum forebear.

And then there were three: Patek Philippe Reference 5070P-013 “London” edition

In July of 2017, I had the opportunity to meet up with watch friends from around the world at the Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition in New York. One of the great treats of that visit was the opportunity to see a pal’s newly acquired Reference 5070P-013 London edition.

Our group of collectors had the opportunity to compare this China replica watches with an example of the original 5070P, and a debate immediately broke out: was the dial of the “London” watch lighter or darker than the original version?

The lighting at any particular moment played a role in one’s perceptions, but at the same time it seemed that overall views differed from person to person.

To my eye, at least, the color of the limited-edition watch is a truer blue than Reference 5070P-001’s blue-grey, and the tone is somewhat lighter. But as you can see in the photo below, depending on the angle and conditions the perceived “lightness” of the dial can change quite a bit.

If you compare the dials of the two best quality super clone watches, you’ll also be able to pick out some other subtle differences, including:

    a different font for the “Patek Philippe Geneve” inscription

    different shapes on the printed numerals 1 and 7 and some of the 4 numerals

    the size of the numerals printed on the subdials

    at least to my eye, more pronounced subdial grooves on the newer watch

One area in which the two replica watches for sale are identical is the movement side, with a striking view of the Caliber CH 27-70 movement presented by Patek Philippe in 1986 and first incorporated in its yellow gold Reference 5070J in 1988.

As on the front of the fake watches wholesale, Patek Philippe had to do some work to make the 27 mm diameter movement work visually in a 42 mm watch; at the rear the stepped bezel and angled outer edge of the screw-on case back guide the eye in to a movement that in turn is not deeply sunk into its case, helping to alleviate the impression of a smallish movement size.

Side by side: Patek Philippe References 5070P and 5170P

On to the main event! When you get the 5070 and 5170 side by side, both the clear differences and underlying family resemblance are apparent.

Interestingly, to my eye at least, the two replica watches shop online appear to be quite similar in size, even though the 5070 is almost 3 mm larger in diameter, as the more open dial and thinner bezel of the 5170 trick the eye. The simpler Calatrava-style case of the 5170 works well with the open, modern look of the watch – although I find the 507x case with its stepped bezel and lugs hard to beat.

A closer view reveals additional details:

    The color gradation of Reference 5170 is just killer and one of the things that immediately drew me to the watch.

    The tonal contrasts on Reference 5170 are more pronounced, with broader (and perhaps brighter) printed numerals and even a lighter silver tone on the central chronograph seconds hand with its broader tail.

    Reference 5170 loses the “sector” look of the outer scale of its predecessor but re-introduces it as a feature surrounding the printed numerals on the subdials.

    Based on the architecture of the movement, the subdials on Reference 5170 are placed both closer to the edge of the dial and slightly offset below the 3-to-9 axis. The latter feature bugs some people, but I don’t mind it at all.

    To my eye the modified dauphine hands with lume on Reference 5170 are one thing that I might have changed (don’t ask me how!) but they are a clear shift from Reference 5070’s leaf hands.

    Applied white gold numerals vs. baguette-cut diamonds! For me both are absolutely consistent with the design of the remainder of their respective fake watches store site and I love them both.

A quick flip and we’re on to the movement sides. I’m a fan of the earlier Caliber CH 27-70 and its Geneva Seal, but when push comes to shove the size, openness, and visual pop of the in-house Caliber CH 29-535 PS really speak to me, and I love details like its black-polished column wheel cap. I’m also convinced by its functional advancements that include hacking seconds and instantaneously jumping chronograph minutes.

Each movement seems completely coherent with the rest of its respective replica watches paypal: the 27-70 is more old school meets steampunk to my eye, while the 29-535 is very much twenty-first century design.

On the tactile front, both have a fairly light but natural manual winding feel. When it comes to the pushers, the 5170 to me has a more pleasing progressive feel to the start/stop pusher than the 5070, while the 5070 exhibits a more balanced level of effort required to actuate the start/stop vs. return pusher than the 5170, whose return to zero feel is quite light.

On the wrist

Let’s face it: life could be worse than having the chance to strap on these wonderful fake watches for men! After finishing up in the light tent I could hardly wait to get Reference 5070P-013 on my wrist for a quick bit of shooting outdoors.

Next up was Reference 5170P, and in natural light the blue-black color has to be seen to be believed.

And thanks to the miracle of an 8 TB backup drive and a just-good-enough filing system, I was able to dig out one of my earlier photos of Reference 5070-001 for comparison purposes.

What’s the verdict?

I’ll confess that when I began this comparison I fully expected that at the end of the day I’d have a strong preference for Reference 5070P, a watch that I’ve lusted after for the better part of a decade now, over my own Reference 5170P.

It came as a bit of a surprise that once I’d handled, shot, and scrutinized both I found the race pretty much a dead heat. Maybe if somewhere in the Patek Philippe vaults in Geneva there were a Reference 5070P with the more modern fonts and printing proportions of the “London” edition and the blue-grey color of the original Reference 5070 I’d be tempted to sell off a number of 2022 replica watches and get down on bended knee to ask for it. But that seems somewhat unlikely.

For now, I’ll be more than happy to wear my new-age Reference 5170P and borrow my pals’ pieces from time to time!

The Winning Purple Tone Of The Swiss Perfect Fake Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 41MM Watches UK

Colour has played a determining role this year in the world of Swiss made replica watches, and any article we write about colourful watches invariably features Audemars Piguet. No stranger to bold colours, this year, the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar, entirely swathed in blue ceramic, made our Top Five Colourful list of 2022. Today, we introduce another dynamic colour-popping 41mm white gold cheap UK fake watches with a purple Grand Tapisserie dial and a diamond-set bezel. Described as ‘purple’, as you can see from the pictures, the colour on the dial of this Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar is a far warmer and more attractive shade of purple verging on burgundy. 

Recap

Just over a decade after the launch of the iconoclastic luxury steel Royal Oak in 1972, Audemars Piguet released a Royal Oak with a perpetual calendar complication. With an incredible lineage of perpetual calendar replica watches for sale starting in 1948 with the brand’s ref. 5516, the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar (aka ref. 5554, and 25554 from 1985 on), picked up design cues of the earlier reference with the month indicator at noon, the date at 3 o’clock, running seconds and moon phases at 6 o’clock and the day of the week indication at 9 o’clock. A staple in the collection, the RO QP was revamped in 2015 with a more extensive and sportier 41mm case size and the incorporation of a week display. Not to be confused with the luxury copy Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin watches, the former record holder as the world’s thinnest perpetual calendar, the ‘regular’ Perpetual Calendar has been visited in full ceramic cases – blue, black (openworked), and white – titanium cases and models with the iconic “Night Blue, Cloud 50” dial colour that pays tribute to the original 1972 colour inside steel and pink gold models.

The Colour Purple

Best Audemars Piguet replica watches is fearless when it comes to colour, and purple, let’s admit, is not an easy colour to swing. In 2018, it introduced an RO Extra-Thin Tourbillon model with a loud purple dial, followed by an RO Chronograph with a frosted white gold case and equally brash purple dial a year later. This latest RO Perpetual Calendar with a purple Grand Tapisserie dial could not be more different. And that is, in our opinion, very positive.

Closer to burgundy or mulled wine, I used a colour-matching tool to see which Pantone colours were used and was given a choice of Pantone 195 C and Pantone 5125 as potential matches. Obviously, this is a merely speculative exercise because nothing beats seeing the 2022 China fake watches in the metal, but this is clearly not the same tone of purple used on the models mentioned above.

This rare shade of purple is used indiscriminately across the dial, including the calendar counters. To highlight the purple counters, these are framed with a rhodium-toned circle and reveal smooth and snailed areas with white markings to stand out against the classic Grand Tapisserie pattern on the dial. Like all top super clone watches since the facelift of 2015, the week indication is printed on the sloping flange and indicated by an arrow-tipped pointer hand. The calendar functions are arranged with months and leap year at noon, date at 3, moon phases at 6, and day of the week at 9 o’clock. The applied white gold hour markers and the white gold Royal Oak hands are treated with luminescent coating.

The latest 41mm Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar has an 18k white gold case with a slim height of 9.5mm. Presented with a matching white gold bracelet, the white gold case and bracelet are hand-finished with satin-brushed and polished chamfers. The replica watches paypal also comes with two additional rubber straps in black and purple. Another distinctive feature of this model is the diamond-set white gold bezel that still displays the eight visible hexagonal screws that are such a vital personality trait of the Royal Oak. Set with 32 baguette-cut diamonds (the most masculine cut for diamonds, in our opinion), the iconic eight-sided bezel emits a discreet sparkle.

CALIBRE 5134

AP’s in-house calibre 5134 is based on the famous extra-thin calibre 2121. This automatic perpetual calendar movement has a height of just 4.3mm and beats at an unconventional frequency of 2.75Hz, delivering a relatively short power reserve of 40 hours. Visible from the caseback, the openworked 22k gold rotor displays a double Grande Tapisserie pattern on its edge, and the finishings include Côtes de Genève, perlage, circular satin and polished chamfers. If the Swiss movements fake watches is kept fully wound, the perpetual calendar will not require a correction until 2100.

Availability & Price

This white gold edition of the best quality replica Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar watches with a purple dial and diamond-set bezel (reference 26598BC.ZZ.1220BC.01) is available exclusively from AP boutiques, and the price is on request.

UK Cheap Replica IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph 3713

This Doppelchrono, or perfect fake IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph (I can’t get used to this full name), dates back to the mid-2000s. It is being offered by Tom Bolt (Watch Guru) in the United Kingdom. As written in the introduction, it has a rattrapante chronograph movement (79230) with the additional pusher located at 10 o’clock. What I genuinely like about this Doppelchrono is the stainless steel bracelet. It’s one of the most comfortable bracelets I’ve tried, and it just looks amazing on the luxury replica IWC Pilot’s watches.

The cheap copy IWC Doppelchrono has a diameter of 42mm and, as you can see in the picture above, quite an impressive thickness (16.2mm). It has a water-resistance rating of 60 meters, but definitely get the seals checked before you use a pre-owned watch in the water. Any watchmaker can see if it’s still water-resistant, and if needed, can replace the seals with fresh ones. The price of this best 1:1 replica IWC Doppelchrono is £5,375, and to be frank, that’s not a lot of money for what you’ll be getting. The interest in these high quality replica watches uk has softened a bit over the years, but it might be a hidden gem.