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Why These Top Rolex Yacht-Master Fake Watches Is Worth A Closer Look

So long the province of the Submariner, Sea Dweller and Deep Sea, Rolex’s sea-faring fraternity of go-anywhere sports rolex replica watches includes one high-performing watch dedicated to yachties. And now the latest version is receiving rave reviews, it might just be time to invest in a classic Nineties example…

Of all the new launches at the annual Baselworld watch show, it’s those from Rolex that are among the most eagerly anticipated – and this year, the AAA+ clone Rolex watches causing some of the loudest murmurs around the exhibition hall was a new, 42mm white gold Yacht-Master.

And, with the spotlight temporarily on the sea-faring strand of Rolex’s universe, it’s probably a good time to keep a weather eye on the auction houses for what might just be one of the most under-rated of its sports perfect fake rolex watches – the Yacht-Master Reference 16622 Rolesium.

The mighty Crown registered the ‘Yacht-Master’ trademark way back in the Sixties while experimenting with a new chronograph watch similar to the Cosmograph but with a larger, 40mm case. That watch was never put into production and the Yacht-Master name remained dormant until 1992, when the first production watch – a simple, time-only effort – was released in yellow gold and bi-metal.

Deesigned to appeal to yachties, the watch was initially intended as a more luxurious version of the celebrated Submariner dive watch. However, it proved to be considerably less successful than its inspiration, despite the introduction of various mid-sized and women’s replica watches.

In 1999, however, Rolex unveiled the superb ‘Rolesium’ Reference 16622 which combined a steel case with a distinctive platinum bezel and a solid platinum dial that came alive with an almost frosted quality when caught by the light.

Nevertheless, the watch didn’t achieve anything like the success of more celebrated sports watches (the aforementioned Submariner, the Sea Dweller and the Cosmograph) and was gradually phased-out with the launch at Baselworld 2012 of a new steel Yacht-Master with a blue ‘sunray’ dial.

But the Rolesium 16622 remains truly special, both because of its subtle use of platinum and the fact that it is relatively rare. Examples do appear at auction, often sporting knocks and scrapes caused by a life spent on deck as much-loved tool copy Rolex watches for sale.

With patina becoming increasingly acceptable (and often sought-after), such wear and tear shouldn’t prevent you from buying – assuming the mechanical integrity of the watch isn’t compromised. What is important, however, is to look for a Yacht-Master with box, papers, original bracelet and so on.

A couple of years ago, a £4,000 bid would probably have been sufficient to secure a good one at auction. Now you’ll need nearer £6,000 – but rest assured that Yacht-Master 16622 values are far more likely to remain buoyant than to sink without trace.

I had a hunch more titanium was coming, but I also figured we were years away from such a thing. I did not expect a second titanium Rolex mere months after the Deepsea Challenge, and I fully did not expect that cheap fake Rolex watches to be a Yacht-Master. Now that it’s here, though, I should have – considering the prototype was known to have existed.

To be honest, the draw here for me is Rolex’s decision to put this on a titanium bracelet. It would have been all too easy to throw this on Oysterflex and call it a day. But the choice of a fully-brushed titanium bracelet puts the Yacht-Master firmly in the tool-watch category and makes me more excited about the model than I ever have been before.

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Everything You Need To Know About The Best Rolex Submariner Fake Watches

Born in the early 1950s, the Sub remains the prototypical tool perfect replica Rolex watches.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the proliferation of the Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) system allowed the masses access to the wondrous undersea world for the first time in history. With a tank of air, a pair of fins, a mask, and a regulator, a regular Joe could experience the sea in all its glory.

However, a few extra bits of kit made the experience that much safer: Namely, a good knife and an accurate, water-resistant wristwatch. With the exception of a few specialist tools made for special operations personnel during the War, however, not much existed in the way of the latter. In the early 1950s, several watch companies simultaneously developed the first crop of modern, commercially available SCUBA diving AAA+ clone Rolex watches—one of these in particular would become so popular so quickly that its aesthetics would influence countless makes and watches that followed in its wake.

To catalog every minute tweak to the Submariner reference is well beyond the scope of this piece. However, in examining some of the most important references and sub-references from each decade—beginning in the 1950s and carrying through to 2025—we’re able to parse through the Submariner story to understand the big picture. Keep in mind that pricing estimates are just that—estimates—and that the market for these wildly cool top replica Rolex Submariner watches are ever fluctuating.

As a design object, the Submariner belongs to a list of products—the Porsche 911, the Fender Stratocaster, the Eames chair—so iconic that a layman could recognize them. All remain in production decades after their release. Indeed, there’s little doubt that the “Sub” is among the most important copy Rolex watches for sale ever made, and will remain so as long as Rolex sees fit to produce it.

Rolex Submariner ref. 6204

The perfect fake Rolex watches featured a 37 mm stainless steel case, a smaller 5.3 mm crown, pencil-style hands, and a bezel without individual minute hash marks. The dial exhibited the typical Submariner design language: Circular, rectangular, and triangular indices with luminous fill. 

Rolex Submariner ref. 6205

Though this reference isn’t functionally very different from the 6204 seen above, later examples were the first to feature the famous “Mercedes” hands. (On the ref. 6205 these hands were notably quite long–longer than on modern best replica Rolex watches) There’s still no red triangle on the bezel insert—which would become a signature of early Rolex sport cheap fake Rolex watches—or any minute hashmarks.