Modern top Rolex replica watches are undoubtedly impressive. Increasingly positioned as serious luxury items, much of the brand’s current output is flashy and bordering on ostentatious. They’re still excellent AAA CA Rolex fake watches and as durable as ever, but one could argue that they lack the charm of Rolex’s vintage pieces.
Replica Rolex GMT-Master Ref. 6542 “Pussy Galore” Watches
At the dawn of international commercial travel in the early 1950s, Pan Am put out a call to Swiss watchmakers in search of something for their pilots to wear that could simultaneously tell the time in two places at once. The first to come up with something was Glycine with its Airman, which used a 24-hour dial in conjunction with a 24-hour rotating bezel. Not long after in 1955, Rolex launched the GMT-Master, which created the GMT complication as we know it today. The first iteration of the cheap fake Rolex watches was the ref. 6542, which originally had a blue and red “Pepsi” bezel made of bakelite with luminous material underneath. This early plastic material was prone to cracking, and when an owner sued high quality Rolex copy watches claiming that radioactivity from the lume in his 6542’s cracked bezel gave him cancer, the brand recalled the bakelite bezels and replaced them with non-luminous aluminum inserts. This action, coupled with the fact that the 6542 was only produced until 1959, has left very few bakelite examples left — and they routinely go for over $100,000 on the market. Those that are out there are frequently referred to as “Pussy Galore” GMTs, due to Honor Blackman’s ludicrously-named pilot having worn one on screen in the 1964 James Bond classic Goldfinger.
Debut: 1955
Movement Type: Automatic GMT
Fake Rolex GMT-Master Ref. 1675 Watches
The successor to the 6542, the second Swiss made replica Rolex GMT-Master watches skipped the drama of bakelite and debuted with a Pepsi bezel insert made from aluminum, along with crown guards, which the 6542 lacked. One of luxury Rolex super clone watches’ longest-running and most-beloved references, the 1675 was in production from 1959 until 1980, and it saw loads of innovation during that time period. From the all-gold, brown-bezeled “Concorde” to the two-tone “Root Beer” (also known as the Clint Eastwood, after… eh, you get how this works by now), there really is a 1675 out there for everyone. Two of the most desired variants among collectors are the early gilt-dial examples that feature gold printing on a glossy dial, and the later radial dials boasting a unique aesthetic with their indices pushed further toward the center of the dial. Those will both fetch a premium, but low five-figure prices are common for many of the more pedestrian 1675 examples, with the least popular examples (i.e. not Pepsi) sometimes even dipping into four-figure territory.
Debut: 1959
Movement Type: Automatic GMT
Rolex GMT-Master II Ref. 16760 “Fat Lady” Replica Watches
In 1982, Rolex introduced the Swiss movements Rolex GMT-Master II fake watches. Oddly enough, this did not immediately spell doom for the GMT-Master, as that watch remained in production as a cheaper alternative until 1999. The difference between the sequel and the original GMT was the GMT-Master II’s Caliber 3085 movement that allowed for independent operation of the local hour hand, a feature some refer to today as a “true” or “traveler’s” GMT movement. The new movement called for a thicker case, resulting in this wholesale Rolex replica watches’ nickname of the “Fat Lady” or, more flatteringly, the “Sofia Loren.” Produced until 1988, the ref. 16760 was the original GMT-Master II, and it switched things up in the watch cola wars by going from the blue-and-red Pepsi bezel of the 1675 to a black-and-red “Coke” insert. Prices are generally a tad higher than what you’ll see for an average 1675, but will lag behind more sought-after versions of its predecessor.
Debut: 1982
Movement Type: Automatic GMT