Art historian Jospeh Luzzi recently wrote that, “Historically, the term renaissance is invoked whenever a critical mass of innovative minds come together to rethink tradition and then…produce original works that have transformative effects.” I would add that a renaissance is also marked by heated competition between like-minded creators (witness Leonardo and Botticelli in 16th-century Florence, or the one-upping jazz greats of Harlem in the 20th century). Given what we’ve seen just now at Watches & Wonders—as well as from brands that dropped new releases just before the show—I think it’s reasonable to suggest that we are living through a renaissance of the mechanical arts.
Perhaps it’s easier to see the mechanical renaissance this year because, so far, the new watch collections have been aesthetically underwhelming. The big buzz at this year’s edition of Watches & Wonders was that there wasn’t much buzz. Most of the major brands failed to deliver a “hype” or “hero” watch, which dominated the previous few years as high-end 1:1 UK replica watches blew up and became a mainstream preoccupation. That bubble has deflated considerably, and to the extent that horological normalcy can make headlines, that’s what’s happening.
However, flip this year’s most impressive cheap online fake watches over to look at the movements, and a far more interesting story emerges—of incredible technological feats and record-breaking achievements in the mechanical arts. Though I could’ve probably listed as many as 20 mechanically impressive copy watches for sale, the seven I’ve selected from the previous two weeks will serve to prove my point. Some of you may disagree with how I’ve rated them, but—let’s be frank—that’s half the fun.
Replica IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar Watches
Known as a “secular calendar,” this IWC marks only the fifth time that such a timepiece has been built. What the secular calendar does that your run-of-the-mill perpetual calendar can’t is skip the leap year at the top of each century, which our calendar must do to account for orbital anomalies. What’s more, this luxury IWC fake watches unabashedly breaks the record for moon-phase precision, promising accuracy for 45 million years. (I’m not convinced the moon will even be there that long!) Though best known for its basic pilots’ best super clone watches, IWC is no stranger to the grand complication, and yet this one comes as something of a suprising in a year when IWC is otherwise updating dial colors and making small refinements to the rest of the Portugieser line. However, don’t let this massive movement accomplishment lead you to think it’s unwearable: At 44.4 mm by 15 mm, this one isn’t far off from your standard IWC fit.
Fake TAG Heuer Split Seconds Chronograph Watches
As head of movement for high quality TAG Heuer replica watches, Carole Forestier-Kasapi brings serious mechanical chops to the table. Her work earning the 1997 Breguet Prize eventually led to the renown Ulysse Nardin Freak, and her work developing movements for Cartier argubaly brought the French house back into the minds of serious collectors again. This year, her tenure at TAG Heuer has been long enough to allow the chronograph-centirc brand to showcase what it claims to be the first movement made entirely in-house under Kasapi’s tutelage. A split-seconds chronograph is notoriously difficult to design and execute—some say moreso than a tourbillon—and TAG Heuer’s new caliber TH81-00 is not only impressively decorated and exposed, but it’s going to cost you $183,000. If this replica watches wholesale online and its price tag don’t convince you that TAG Heuer is rocketing straight up into the high horological stratosphere—and if TAG’s trajectory doesn’t convince you that the watch industry generally is experiencing a mechanical reiaissance—then this list has certainly failed to prove our thesis. But, at least you made it to the bottom with us!
