Why is it that watch brands celebrate 1:1 replica watches anniversaries so enthusiastically?
That is actually a question I’ll answer below because first, I’d like to highlight five classic timepieces that celebrated anniversaries in 2017.
Replica Patek Philippe Calatrava Watches: 85 Years
It’s more than fitting that AAA best Patek Philippe fake watches decided to use Caliber 240 – which celebrates 40 years of existence in 2017 – in its 85-year-old Calatrava model.
The Calatrava was born in 1932 and has become Patek Philippe’s signature model as it champions svelte lines and elegant simplicity. Now considered a unisex model, the Patek Philippe Calatrava copy watches for sale remains impervious to trend, though not to the addition of complications or old-school skeletonized movements.
Quick Facts Patek Philippe Calatrava Squelette Reference 5180/1R-001
Case: 39 x 7 mm, red gold
Movement: automatic Caliber 240 SQU with micro rotor, Gyromax balance, Spiromax (Silinvar/silicon) balance spring, Patek Philippe Seal
Functions: hours, minutes
Price: $98,660
Fake Rolex Sea-Dweller Watches: 50 years
Celebrating the first luxury replica Rolex Sea-Dweller watches introduced in 1967 – referenced by the detail of the red lettering of the Sea-Dweller name on the dial – this new rendition of the classic sports diver does not show its age in the least.
It does however show the date quite clearly thanks to a new Cyclops magnifier on the dial.
Quick Facts Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sea-Dweller
Case: 43 mm, stainless steel
Movement: automatic Caliber 3235 with 70-hour power reserve, certified chronometer
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds; date
Price: $11,350 / 10,800 Swiss francs
Omega Speedmaster Replica Watches: 60 years
Despite the fact that 1957 seems to be too far back for top UK replica Omega watches to have saved plans (as head of product management Gregory Kissling explained at Baselworld 2017), the brand still managed to recreate three of its star models from that year using digital scanning technology.
One of these is the Speedmaster, which was born in 1957.
Omega presented a loyal recreation of the original high quality Omega Speedmaster super clone watches within the 1957 Trilogy Limited Edition box, which includes technical updates where it makes sense – like to the bracelet.
Quick Facts Omega Speedmaster 60th Anniversary Limited Edition 38.6 mm
Case: 38.6 mm, stainless steel
Movement: manually wound Caliber 1861 (based on Lémania Caliber 1873)
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds; chronograph, tachymeter (scale on bezel)
Limitation; 3,557 pieces
Price: $7,250
Cartier Tank Fake Watches: 100 years
The classic China online replica Cartier Tank watches turns 100 years old in 2017, which is hard to believe as it still looks as fresh as the day Louis Cartier designed the Tank Normale in 1917.
Martin Green describes the history of this famous model in What’s It Like To Get Your Grail Watch And Live With It? The Story Of My Louis Cartier Tank.
Quick Facts 1990s Louis Cartier Tank
Case: 33.5 x 25.5 mm, platinum with sapphire cabochon in crown
Movement: ultra-slim manual winding Caliber 21 by Frédéric Piguet for Cartier, 20.8 x 1.73 mm
Functions: hours, minutes
Years of manufacture: 1990s, pre-Collection Privée Cartier Paris (CPCP)
Original retail price as of 1997 on German market: 14,900 German marks