UK Online Replica Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5164G
I flip-flopped a lot in picking my favorite sports watch of the year, but if I got the Doxa Sub 200T into the budget picks (just barely), then I had to contend with the competition between two very different perfect replica watches, the Tudor Black Bay 58 GMT and the Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5164A. As the above selections effectively represent the Rolex/Tudor contingent (and with good reason), I’m going for the latest version of my favorite sporty Patek, the 2024 white gold 5164G Aquanaut.
I, like many, adore the now discontinued steel 5164A, so it was a thrill when best copy Patek Philippe announced something of a stand-in but in a format that felt distinct from the steel travel timer. Here, for the 5164G, we have a white gold 40.8mm case that surrounds a lovely blue dial and is mounted to a matching blue rubber strap. Jumping from steel to gold is certainly one way to underline what many took as little more than a new dial color, but as a successor to the 5164A, I think they managed to do something that respects the original appeal while offering its own personality. The push-button dual-time function remains, and I have to say that my love for the combination of the blue dial and strap has only grown since Watches & Wonders this past April.
UK AAA Replica TAG Heuer Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph
Despite the fact that 2024 was packed with fascinating releases, when the time came to choose my overall favorite for the year, my winner gets in on a technicality. Yes, the prototype of this Swiss made fake TAG Heuer watches were originally presented for the controversy-shadowed Only Watch 2023, but the production model makes several major changes (plus, people can actually buy them). It may have taken the famously chronograph-centric brand far too long to release a commercially available rattrapante, but the results are nothing short of spectacular. It’s a fitting halo piece for the cheap super clone watches brand, and the first properly futuristic-feeling Monaco in decades. For a nameplate as rooted in avant-garde design and mechanical innovation as the Monaco, this is a massive step forward.