Today’s selection is a bit more all over the place – sometimes it’s just like that, okay! Let’s get into this week’s AAA UK replica watches!
1954 Rolex Submariner Ref. 6200 ‘Explorer Dial’ Replica Watches
Leading off this week’s edition is a big one. The reference 6200 Submariner has garnered the nickname of “King Sub” over the years, and for good reason. It is the first cheap Swiss fake Rolex Submariner watches with an 8mm “Big Crown” and thanks to a slightly larger and thicker case, it is also the first Submariner with water resistance of 200 meters. I’m burying the lede a bit here. The case and crown details matter, but the “King Sub” nickname is largely thanks to the dial. We all love Explorer-dial Submariner copy watches for men, right?
In total, 303 examples of the reference were produced. Drilling down further, we see two different dial variants in the 6200, a big logo and a small logo – more big logos are observed in the known market than small logos. Furthermore, most small logos do not have “Submariner” on the dial. You can see where I’m going here, right? The small logo with “Submariner” at six o’clock, like the one we have here, is really, really uncommon. The last public sale of a “King Sub” with this dial was at Christie’s in 2007 (!) when one sold for $156,191, more than double its high estimate.
The folks over at Subdial, the selling party, have tipped me off early to this one – BAL first access! Even beyond the uncommon dial variant, it’s a special one. The high quality replica watches is fresh to market, coming via the family of the original owner, a late Royal Navy officer, and features an all-original dial and handset. The lume on the dial and hands is original and matches. The seller rightly discloses that the bezel and bracelet are Rolex service replacements. To my eye, the case looks full and strong.
This top super clone Rolex Submariner ref. 6200 watches is for sale via Subdial in London. The price is available upon application. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to [email protected].
1930s Cartier Shutter Purse Fake Watches
The watch hunting gods work in mysterious ways. Be it a rare gemset Patek Nautilus in a government auction of seized assets or best China replica Cartier London watches at a small auction house in California, the best can be found in the strangest places. While Bonhams is a name we should all know on the watch auction scene, I did not expect to find a 1930s Cartier purse watch snuck into a weekly online sale. Yet, here we are.
These Shutter, or sometimes called “Eclipse,” purse luxury fake watches don’t come up for sale too often. As an object, they are quite fun. Similar to the Cartier-signed Movado Ermeto from a few BALs ago, the idea here is to carry this watch in a bag. While knocking around with your other belongings, the watch face and crystal are covered by a spring-loaded shutter. When you want to know the time, pull your chic little watch from your bag, squeeze the two outer buttons towards the center, and the shutter magically reveals the time via a perfectly traditional Cartier dial. Throw it back in your bag and off you go.
With the market’s raging appetite for everything and anything vintage Cartier, particularly the oddball copy watches wholesale, this purse watch should still get plenty of attention even in an online sale. But in the grand scheme of things, these odd purse watches are one of the best ways to collect true vintage Cartier without breaking the bank. I mean, this watch was made, handmade in fact, in the 1930s!
This Swiss made replica Cartier Shutter purse watches is lot 2071 of Bonhams’s Weekly Watches New York sale ending on Wednesday, September 25, at 12:00 PM ET. Bidding is at $420 at the time of publishing, with an estimate of $1,000 to $2,000.