The History Of The Perfect Swiss Replica Rolex Explorer Watches UK, The All-Rounder Watch Personified

Rolex has never been known as a watchmaker of grand complications. The core of its portfolio consists of purposeful and precise sports watches with a dose of luxury if desired. 904L stainless steel or “Oystersteel” dominates this lineup, but 18k gold in part or in full are popular choices and often a “flex” for business professionals. Two movies that come to mind are Glengarry Glen Ross, where Alec Baldwin’s character belittles underperforming real estate employees with an 18k gold Oyster Perpetual Day-Date, and American Psycho where Christian Bale wears a Rolesor (two-tone) Oyster Perpetual Datejust as a symbol of success. The now legendary Swiss made Rolex Explorer replica watches, however, has a different vibe. Until very recently, that is, but we’ll discuss that later. It is, since its introduction, one of the best definitions of a watch that can do anything, go anywhere and still perform brilliantly.

Launched in 1953 alongside another legend, the Submariner, the Explorer helped define the modern sports watch with a ruggedness initially designed for mountaineering in the Himalayas. As a side note, the Rolex Turn-o-Graph launched that year as well. The Explorer has a reputation to this day as a piece so versatile that it can truly be an only watch or a one-watch-collection. Although the model has evolved over many decades with style and mechanical refinements, it’s by and large the same watch as it was 70 years ago – well, after a few initial adjustments. Steel Oyster case, black dial, Arabic numerals at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock, no date and Mercedes hands, the latter of which was optimal for ample luminescence without cracking (the three bars prevent one giant, uneven blob). These signature Rolex Mercedes hands are an evolution of earlier cathedral counterparts.

Early Developments

The first automatic wristwatch debuted in 1926 and came from Fortis, known as the Harwood. It was a “bumper” auto whose rotor didn’t circle an entire 360 degrees, but stopped at bumpers that limited the swing to about 230 degrees. Rolex perfected the design and brought the first modern automatic to market with the Oyster Perpetual line in the 1930s. A central, unidirectional rotor swung a full 360 degrees for maximum efficiency and the movement featured a 35-hour power reserve, which was nearly three times that of the “bumper” auto. A must-read story to complete the topic is our in-depth history of the automatic high quality Rolex fake watches here.

“Oyster” and “Perpetual” come from two different Rolex milestones and were combined to create the Oyster Perpetual collection, which is certainly vast today. The Oyster case debuted in 1926 with a monumental design that changed the watch industry, featuring a hermetically sealed, water and dustproof build with a threaded caseback and screw-down crown. The aforementioned “Perpetual” automatic debuted in 1931 and the two developments have come to define Rolex as a watchmaker. Hand-wound movements and minimalistic aesthetics were a trend in the 1950s and the Oyster Perpetual models are largely credited with pushing “modern” sport and dive watches to the mainstream. The Submariner changed the game in many ways and competed directly with early divers like Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms, but the Explorer’s simplicity, robustness and quality were game-changing as well, even if James Bond chose the former. Well, let’s clarify that – the “movie” Bond chose the Submariner, while the “book” Bond wore the AAA UK replica Rolex Explorer watches, which was a favourite of author Ian Fleming who himself wore a ref. 1016 Explorer.

1953 – Was Reference 6150 or 6350 the First True Explorer?

There’s a bit of a debate as to what defines the first Explorer model. In 1953, a mountaineering milestone was achieved when Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first men to summit Mount Everest, the highest peak on Earth. A white-dial Rolex chronometer (ref. 6098), generally considered a “Pre-Explorer” accompanied them and survived the very harsh conditions. It was certainly a proof of concept and the Explorer name had already been trademarked months earlier in January 1953. Nothing controversial yet as it’s generally accepted that this wasn’t the first Explorer.

What is up for debate is the next piece, China 1:1 copy Rolex ref. 6150 watches that had all the hallmarks of the Explorer, just not the name on the dial. Well, most had “Precision” above 6 o’clock, but later examples did have “Explorer” instead. Does this make it the original with inconsistent dial names? Is the Dino a true Ferrari? We tend to say yes to both, but it’s a 70-year-old debate. Like the 6098 Everest piece, the 6150 carried the non-COSC calibre A296.

The next model, ref. 6350, has Explorer printed on all dials (now below 12 o’clock), so many believe that this is the first true top Rolex Explorer replica watches. For collectors, this is also the most sought-after model and there are interesting variations. Some came with pencil hands over Mercedes, while others had a waffle (or honeycomb) textured dial, solely limited to this reference. Very rare today and predictably very expensive. Both the 6150 and 6350 were introduced in 1953 and were a bit experimental in design as the model was finding its legs. However, both had core Explorer elements with black dials, Roman numerals at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock, a 36mm Oyster case and 50 metres of water resistance. The 6350 generally dialled things in with the standard black gilt dial and Mercedes hands variants.

Interestingly, both the 6150 and 6350 were produced simultaneously, but the 6350 was discontinued in 1954 as production continued on the 6150 until 1959. Another major difference between the two was the calibre A296, which was COSC-certified on the 6350 and even had an option for special temperature oils with an effective operating range of -20C to 40C.

1955 – Reference 6610 and Out of the Prototype Stage

The next Explorer reference is 6610 from 1955 (overlap models remained) and like the 6350, there are distinctive variations within this reference. It ultimately replaced ref. 6150 as 6350 was already discontinued. Early examples had red print just underneath “Explorer” that showed the depth rating of 50 metres, which was removed on later 6610 models. Other variations include differing sizes of the lollipop seconds hand aperture.

The caseback was a bit flatter than earlier models as well, which is an easy way to differentiate it as other elements are nigh identical. The calibre 1030 allowed for this as prior movements were larger and required the “bubble-back” case for space. The rarest best super clone Rolex 6610 Explorer watches had a white dial, affectionately known as the “Albino” model, but most came with lacquered black gilt dials. Luminescence on the dials was radioactive radium, which was common at the time, but soon replaced with the next model. Production of the 6610 models stopped in 1963 and these first three references (6150, 6350 and 6610) are the early models and generally some of the most collectable, while the next reference is more common with a substantial run.

1963 – Reference 1016, The Explorer Found Its Legs

There aren’t many visual differences with ref. 1016, other than “SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED” printed above 6 o’clock. This was due to the new calibre 1560 that was now COSC-certified by Rolex. This lasted until around 1967 with a beat rate of 18,000vph, while later 1016 models got the calibre 1570, which had a faster beat rate of 19,800vph. In 1971, the 1570 got hacking seconds and then remained the standard movement for the duration of the long ref. 1016 run. Water resistance also doubled to 100 metres.

Some early models had a small dot under the 6 numeral, which indicated that the luminescence was less radioactive than before, but it didn’t officially mean that radium was replaced with tritium. It’s a bit of a grey area and somewhat mythical among collectors. Just a bit later, the dot was replaced by a thin horizontal line above the 6, which now indicated that the lume was indeed tritium. This isn’t outright confirmed by Rolex, but generally accepted by collectors and historians. By 1967, the traditional lacquered (glossy) black gilt dials were replaced by matte black counterparts with white print, still within the ref. 1016 lineup. The earliest examples had a “frog foot coronet” (the crown logo resembled a frog’s foot) and the tritium was a bit more billowy than before. The lume became flatter and wider in subsequent models, which more closely matched modern examples.

The ”Mark 2” 1016 dials (or second generation) went back to the more standard crown logo as seen on the previous lacquered black gilt dials. Dial variances were minor until the “Mark 5” models that not only had white print, but white lume that replaced the golden hue of prior dials. These final 1016 models provided the most contemporary aesthetic of the series as it’s closest to new models today. The 1016 ran from 1963 all the way to 1989, representing the longest production of luxury UK replica Rolex Explorer reference watches.

Oddball Models – ref. 5500 and ref. 6429

Some unusual Explorer models strayed from the established formula, starting with ref. 5500 that was basically an Air King/Explorer blend. The case was just 34mm in diameter, not 36mm, and had PRECISION or SUPER PRECISION printed above 6 o’clock like the Air King (and early ref. 6150 Explorer models), but EXPLORER was still printed below 12 o’clock. It also had a glossy black gilt dial. This wasn’t so much a production Explorer as it was an experimental run of the Air King in the mid-1960s.

Another anomaly is ref. 6429, also a 34mm piece with an Explorer-themed dial, but only printed with Rolex Oyster at the top and COMMANDO at the bottom. Abercrombie & Fitch was among retailers selling this as a “military” Rolex in the 1960s, but it was a civilian watch replicating the actual military ref. 6429 that didn’t have COMMANDO above 6 o’clock. Only Rolex and Oyster were printed below 12 o’clock on the military watch, which was sold on US military bases as a simple hand-wound piece. The dials had the classic aesthetic of the Explorer, but it’s debatable if these 6429 models were bona fide Explorers. More like Explorer-ish.

1989 – The Arrival of Modern Explorers, the ref. 14270

Following the last of the “old” models (ref. 1016), ref. 14270 brought the contemporary design as we know it today, produced from 1989 to 2001. A new (still 36mm) case design, sapphire crystals that replaced acrylic, applied indices and Arabic numerals that replaced luminescent print, white tritium that soon became Super LumiNova, standard lugs that replaced the traditional drilled and 100 metres of water resistance and matte black dials were now standard. 14270 also upgraded to calibre 3000.

Below, from left to right and from top to bottom: Blackout 3-6-9 and tritium, white 3-6-9 and tritium, Swiss-only dial and Swiss-Made dial (all photos by analogshift.com).

The earliest models were known as blackout models with applied numerals filled with black lacquer from 1989 to 1991 (the indices still had white lume). Subsequent models replaced this with the common white lume-filled numerals and indices. Early models still had drilled lugs and tritium, marked by a small “T” printed below 6 o’clock (as T-Swiss). By 1994, it stopped with the drilled lug design, but kept tritium as the lume. The next step was the move to LumiNova with just Swiss printed below 6 o’clock and ultimately to Super-LumiNova, with the Swiss Made mention.

The calibre 3000 had a high beat of 28,800vph (4Hz) and 42-hour power reserve, and was used for all cheap China fake Rolex 14270 Explorer watches, along with Air King and no-date Submariner models of the time. An unusual feature of this movement was the use of a flat hairspring (no overcoil) without a regulator and simplified adjustable mass balance.

2001 – The Explorer 114270

Little changed between the 14270 and 114270. There’s an upgraded calibre 3000 with the 3130 and a minor difference on the dial. “Swiss Made” under 6 o’clock replaced “Swiss” on the later 14270 models, both confirming the use of Swiss LumiNova (now Super-LumiNova). Production ran from 2001 to 2010. The Calibre 3130 was fitted with a shock and temperature-resistant Parachrom (Breguet overcoil) hairspring and balance bridge over the earlier balance cock. The power reserve also increased slightly to 48 hours. The first two features became signature elements to Rolex Perpetual movements moving forward. The bracelet also now features solid end-links.

2010 – the Explorer 214270 (Mark 1 and 2), with a New Case Size

Other than a few aforementioned anomalies, Rolex Explorer replica watches for sale have always been 36mm in diameter. That changed with ref. 214270 that moved to a 39mm case, which was “shocking” for such a conservative brand at the time. Other changes included a short hour hand that didn’t fully extend to the minute track (due to the larger dial size) and solid white gold Arabic numerals (no lume). That changed to the conventional Arabic numerals with Super-LumiNova and a longer hour hand in the Mark 2 models. Production ran from 2010 to 2016 for the Mark 1 and carried the calibre 3132, which added a new blue Parachrom hairspring and Paraflex shock absorbers for added durability.

The main changes with the Mark 2 models were the return of a longer hour hand to match the larger dial size and Super-LumiNova in the Arabic numerals. Production of these 214270 models ran from 2016 to 2021.

2021 – Explorer 124270, 127273 and 224270 – Today’s Models; Explorer 36, Explorer 40 and a Rolesor for the first time

The current models haven’t changed much, but also changed a lot. For starters, the case size returned to 36mm, ending the “experimental” 39mm case (more on this below). Although 39mm is still relatively compact by today’s standards and more contemporary for a sports watch, 36mm is the sweet spot for Explorers with over 70 years of tradition. Rolex Oyster cases also tend to wear a bit larger than the dimensions suggest, so the standard Explorer isn’t exactly a “small” watch. However, that sentimentality didn’t last long as ref. 224270 launched in 2023 as the Explorer 40 with a 40mm case. So, this replaces the “notorious” 39mm 214270 models and lives alongside the 36mm Rolex copy watches for men (those are here to stay), but the larger Explorer case has slowly but surely gained wider acceptance. However, a new monkey wrench was also thrown into the mix – a Rolesor or two-tone model. What!?

Yes, the 124270 was then offered a classic two-tone steel and 18k gold option (under the ref. 124273), what has been a staple of other Oyster Perpetual models such as the Date and Datejust, but many felt it was out of place on the purposeful tool watch Explorer. Fortunately, it’s just an option and many did gravitate to it.

The latest movement upgraded to the calibre 3230, which gained a 70-hour power reserve and Chronergy Escapement (a modified lever escapement that improves efficiency by approximately 15 percent). In short, the new escapement simply uses less material for better, lighter operation and the escape wheel is even skeletonized. Anti-magnetic nickel-phosphorus is used and the escape wheel’s teeth were also modified, along with other geometries for maximum efficiency. This new movement, a Rolex Superlative Chronometer, has an accuracy rating of +/- 2 seconds per day, well beyond a standard COSC rating of -4/+6 seconds per day.

Visually, the 124270 (all steel) models feel almost identical to the previous 114270, other than an added crown between Swiss and Made below 6 o’clock – in reality, the case has been re-shaped and updated. But that kind of epitomizes what makes the Explorer series great – so much has changed, but so much hasn’t. The core Explorer formula has remained faithful since 1953 and a layman would likely have trouble distinguishing a ref. 1016 from a ref. 14270 from a ref. 124270. This doesn’t just apply to the 1:1 wholesale replica Rolex Explorer watches, but to most Oyster Perpetual models like the Datejust, Submariner and so on. Like the Porsche 911, refinement of a winning design often triumphs over reinventing the wheel, and Rolex remains the top luxury watchmaker for a reason.

Old vs. New

If you’re in the market for an Explorer, you’ve got over 70 years of production to choose from. There’s a lot that goes into this decision and it depends on two main factors – are you a collector or more of a casual Rolex enthusiast. The oldest models will command the highest prices, be the most fragile and temperamental, and show the most patina as early dial lacquers and radium degrade significantly over time. The most popular collector reference is 1016, which had the longest production run (so many are out there) and still displays older case/dial features from the early days – but these can be as modern as the late 1980s. From a price to vintage aesthetic standpoint, you’ll get the biggest bang for the buck with a 1016 model.

That said, if you simply want solid best quality fake Rolex Explorer watches with modern reliability and little to no patina, ref. 14270 and onward is the way to go. These have today’s modern aesthetic and more robust features like sapphire crystals, at least tritium and later Super-LumiNova, and better overall movements – what we call here youngtimers. The collectability factor is certainly lower, but many enthusiasts just want a solid, beautiful Explorer that won’t rival the price of a car. Fine examples can be had for under CHF 5,000 today and if you’re keen to have Rolex service the movement and polish the case/bracelet, few will know it’s not a new piece. And for many, that’s exactly what they’re looking for.

All The UK Best Online Replica Watches Rolex Will (Probably) Release In 2024, According To Experts

The biggest event in the watch calendar is heaving onto the horizon.

Watches & Wonders, held every April in Geneva, is essentially a very posh trade show, where dozens of the biggest brands announce their new cheap Rolex replica watches for the year. Fairly or not, there is one big brand that always gets the lion’s share of the attention.

That brand is Rolex.

Famously FIS-level secretive, the fact that a company that size can keep under its hat (crown?) what it plans to release each year is almost as impressive as the launches themselves. It is always a surprise, even if the surprise is something as apparently trolling as The Great Case Size Scandal of 2020, when its big announcement was an increase of the Submariner by 1mm, something that short-circuited the internet.

But then in 2023 Rolex seemed to go completely bananas (by Swiss/ Rolex standards, you understand, it’s all relative), launching titanium versions of luxury Rolex fake watches (Yacht-Master), watches with dials featuring balloons, jigsaw puzzle pieces and emojis (Oyster Perpetual; Day-Date) and a whole new line (the 1908, replacing its Cellini dress watches).

What might they have in store this year?

I called around some experts and asked them what they’d like to see Rolex announce. And then what they thought Rolex would actually announce.

Oliver Müller, watch industry analyst/ strategist

“The Milgauss will be relaunched either this year or next year. I would expect them to do that for many reasons. The first reason being they will probably improve the resistance to magnetic fields to compete with Omega on the Master Chronometer with its 15,000 gaus. [Omega’s Globemaster Master Chronometer, released in 2015, was certified to have the ability to resist magnetic fields so strong you could wear it in an MRI machine. What’s that? You can’t lift your arm to tell the time in an MRI machine? You’re missing the point]. It has no practical consequence. But just saying ‘I can do as good, or even better, than my competitor’, that would be one thing. The next one which is logical would be the new 1908 line which will they probably extend again – with either a GMT or a moonphase. And because they used it on the high quality replica Rolex Yacht-Master watches would expect them to deploy titanium – I’m just not sure if they would do it only on the Submariner or only on the Explorer, but I would expect there to be one or two. And probably knowing my good friend [he means Jean-Frederic Dufour, CEO Rolex Group] he will provoke again this year with some funny things like he did last time with the puzzle or the balloons. So, I expect him to animate one of the lines to create a buzz. He’s very smart. He creates the buzz and people are even more crazy about Rolex afterwards.”

Tony Traina, editor

“They gave us a two-tone AAA fake Rolex Explorer 36 watches a couple of years ago, but if they gave us a full gold, that’d be crazy. I doubt it’ll ever happen, but you never know. They did the 1908 last year, which was a bit predictable, as far as dress watches are concerned. I’d like to see if they could develop that. When they introduced it they said it was a new collection. So, I don’t know if that means complications, different sizes, different metals. The ‘puzzle dial’ was impressive, actually, from a craftsmanship perspective. I’d like to see if they’d expand on the use of enamel, that would be awesome. If they moved upmarket with that playful colour stuff and put it in a Day-Date – maybe it’s in the form of enamelling, or maybe bringing back the true lacquered [1970s] Stella dials that those OPs [Oyster Perpetuals] were playing off. So, we get real, lacquered Stella dials in a Day-Date. But we’ll see!”

“Seeing the brightly coloured bubbles on the dial of last year’s steel Oyster Perpetual release brought such a smile to my face. It showed me that Rolex could have a little fun. But I don’t believe they’ll do that again in 2024 – my guess is they will wait another year or two. I think they may be reading the ‘80s/90s throwback’ room and will release one or more top UK Rolex copy watches that are two-toned – yellow gold and steel. Last year’s two-toned GMT-Master II release may have been a precursor. I feel they may surprise us by introducing two-tone in collections that wouldn’t normally be so daring.”

Eric Wind, owner, Wind Vintage

“I’d love to see some of the 1950s-style watches bought back. Whether it’s the Explorer or the Milgauss with a honeycomb dial. And I’d love to see the Explorer II go back to 39mm, like the originals from the 1970s with the orange [GMT] hand. The [current] 42mm size is just too big. They’ve done a lot with the Daytona recently, including the ‘Le Mans’ with the black dial [announced last summer], but I wonder if they wouldn’t consider doing something with a white dial variation, which would be cool, like the original watch Paul Newman wore. They don’t have 34mm perfect Rolex replica watches anymore. That’s such a nice size for a lot of people, whether male or female or anywhere in between. I would love to see them have that as a size again. In terms of what I think will be done, I would expect they’d do more with the 1908, which replaced the Cellini. They had a really nice moonphase Cellini which came out some years back. So, a more complicated 1908 seems like something they should do. They’ve been toying a lot with enamel dials so I would expect them to do more with that. White gold models have been pretty hard for them to sell, other than the ‘Le Mans’ Daytona. The GMT sells for almost a $10,000 discount on the secondary market. So, I don’t know what they’ll have to do to make the white golds more interesting to people. Probably some more interesting colours, whether it’s for the Submariner or the GMT. The general strategy of Rolex over the past five years has been to push more and more people into precious metals. They had been very successful with that, but the market has softened over the last year. So, they’re going to have to continue to do innovative and interesting dials and bezels.”

Brian Duffy, CEO, Watches of Switzerland Group

“Nobody knows. It’s amazing to me how they manage to keep so much secrecy in their organisation and somehow manage to surprise us every time. Every year all speculation tends to be pretty much 100 per cent inaccurate. I hope they don’t do a lot. We have extensive lists of a lot of people waiting patiently, for a long time, for product. The less they do in the way of introductions [ie: new models], the more they’ll be able to help us make customers happy that have ordered new products last year, or the year before, or the year before that, and still haven’t got them. The list for high quality super clone Rolex Datejust and GMT and Submariner watches just continues to get longer. It’s huge demand-versus-supply. There’s nothing that they’ve introduced for as long as I’ve been involved that doesn’t result in frenzied interest. But I’m going to contradict myself. When you do see what they release, it’s fantastic. And I look forward to being thrilled again this year.”

Rikki [it’s just ‘Rikki’], editor, Scottish Watches

“I hope they continue to shock and they don’t just revert to moving the Photoshop slider on the bezel [ie: adding or subtracting a couple of millimetres here or there]. I think we’ll see titanium spreading across the range, into the Submariner, the Deepsea, the Sea-Dweller, to take away some of the heft but still having massive amounts of water resistance, which everybody loves. Last year the bubbles and the puzzles were completely out of leftfield, and it would be good to see more of that. What do I think Rolex will actually do? Probably drop the precious metals down to steel as they have done historically. Maybe moving the clear caseback from selected Daytonas to other Daytonas because the movement is half-decent looking. The thing I’ve noticed from previous watch fairs is there does seem to be a tick-tock between [sibling company] Tudor and Rolex. One year Tudor would go ‘Oh, there we go, there’s a GMT with a Pepsi bezel’ and nothing would happen at Rolex. Next year Rolex would do something cool. I do think this will be the year of the Coke [ie: bringing back the red-and-black Swiss made replica Rolex GMT-Master II watches] – they’ll decide to roll out the black and red bezel and kick things up a gear.”

Andrew Morgan, AMW, luxury watch consultants

“If I were to say what would I like them to do, it would probably be the Coke. That’s what everyone has been asking for. I think what will be challenging is the confusion they’ve got themselves into with some of the anniversaries. The Submariner they say [came out in] ’53, but they didn’t release an anniversary watch for it last year. So some of the predictions are that they might release an anniversary model this year. Which aligns with when experts generally believe the Submariner really came out, which was ’54. They might have started thinking about it in ’53 but it was announced at Baselworld [watch fair] in ’54. And the Coke – people also believe that it was ’54 that [the original GMT-Master] was announced, but Rolex counts that as ’55, So an anniversary Submariner and an anniversary GMT-Master both seem to be on the cards at some point. But if it’s the thing we’re expecting it’s probably the thing they won’t do. Or if they do, they’ll be in precious metals that nobody can afford. I’d also quite like to see a moonphase version of the 1908. I was surprised last year that the Yacht-Master was the watch that came in titanium, and not the Sea-Dweller – I wonder if a Sea-Dweller in titanium might appear this year? The Yacht-Master II is probably one of the most hated watches in the Rolex line-up. It’s due an update. I’d be interested to see what would look like. It’s one of the most complicated Rolex fake watches wholesale they make, and it’s been sat there doing nothing. Rolex also has a whole bunch of different patents. They put them forward to stop anyone else [making similar watches], if nothing else. One that interested me was a perpetual calendar system that has been massively simplified. It’s a much more robust and simplified version compared to what is typically quite a delicate mechanism. So, I’d be interested to see if they’re going to do a Sky-Dweller Perpetual Calendar. That would be very cool. The patent was quite recent, actually [June 2023]. And it shows a lot of detailed drawings that demonstrate how the mechanism works. If I were Rolex, I would be thinking that I wouldn’t want to show how it works… until the product is ready to go.”

Rob Coder, editor

“Rolex has been increasing its production of the steel professional China 2024 Rolex replica watches [eg: Daytona, Submariner, GMT-Master, Explorer II] that have had the longest waiting lists over the past year, so I would expect that strategic direction to close the gap between demand and supply to continue. This suggests 2024 will be about peak manufacturing, without compromising Rolex’s quality control standards, rather than a significant change to the product line. There will be some red meat for the Instagrammers, as the business delivered with its emoji Day-Date last year, but every novelty must be judged for its impact on peak productivity. I would manage my expectations to a slew of line extensions across the GMT-Master family, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Or could there be a rabbit in Rolex’s hat and a GMT-Master III with some subtle advances in design and engineering?”

Guido Mondani, publisher/ author, Mondani Books

“I think they will present a new Submariner, with innovative features. I also think they should release Rolexes with transparent casebacks.”

Ex-Rolex employee

“Everyone thinks Rolex makes tiny changes to their existing best quality replica Rolex watches each year. That’s true. But it hides the insane amount of market research they do. Of all the watch companies I’ve worked for, there’s nothing that even comes close to it. If they release a watch in titanium, that’s because that is where the market is heading. If they do one with a joyful, colourful dial, same thing. No other luxury brand has the market share they now have – 30 per cent at retail – on a mono-product brand. That is unseen anywhere else. Not Louis Vuitton, not Gucci. No one else can pretend to capture 30 per cent of the market on their own. Like everyone, I have no ideas. But whatever it is, that is where the market is going.”

Justin Hast, writer/presenter/consultant

“I love the Rolex Milgauss replica watches for men and I’ve always wanted to wear one but I just don’t like the bracelet. The issue I’ve had is the polished centre-link – this is how detailed my thought process has been! I love the GV crystal [green-tinted sapphire crystal] and I love the lightning bolt second hand. Because, to me, it’s so un-Rolex. But I hate the fact that the centre link is polished. So, I would love, this year, to see a new Milgauss with a brushed Oyster bracelet, new crown guards and a 40mm case – and a new movement. In the industry we’ve seen a real push towards anti-magnetism. So I’d love to see some innovation there. And at an accessible price point. That would be wicked.”

You Can Now Buy Luxury AAA Fake Rolex Watches UK From Bob’s Watches At A Fred Segal Boutique

In the early 1980s, Carol Altieri, the principal and COO of Bob’s Watches, a leading online pre-owned watch dealer, lived in the Marina del Rey neighborhood of Los Angeles and spent her weekends at the original Fred Segal store in neighboring Santa Monica.

“Fred Segal was where you went on a weekend, and you just hung out,” Altieri tells Robb Report. “We’d go to the café, me and my girlfriends, and spend the day shopping.”

Now, some 40 years later, Altieri has inked a strategic partnership with the iconic fashion retailer that will see an extensive collection of Bob’s used best UK Rolex replica watches and other timepieces appear on the Fred Segal e-commerce platform as well as in its Southern and Northern California stores in West Hollywood, Malibu, Studio City, and Marin County.

“There I was as a kid in my 20s going to Fred Segal, and here I am in my 60s putting my product in Fred Segal,” she says. “I’ve come full circle.”

Altieri describes Bob’s presence at Fred Segal as a “a pop-in, not a pop-up.”

“When you walk into the store, the cheap Rolex fake watches are displayed next to the clothing,” she says. “We have Bob’s Watches branding in the store. “

The merchandise leans heavily on high quality replica Rolex’s masculine watches, but skews differently based on the store location. “I might put more professional watches in Hollywood, a little more bling in Malibu,” Altieri says.

The Fred Segal collaboration is in line with Bob’s fashion-forward strategy. Six years ago, the e-tailer began a long-term partnership with Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s influential wellness and lifestyle brand, which showcases Bob’s timepieces in Goop stores across the country and in the brand’s popular gift guide. “You get a lot of publicity when you do something with Gwyneth Paltrow,” Altieri says.

In 2021, Bob’s teamed up with Los Angeles online fashion retailer Revolve on a Rolex capsule collection for the holiday. That collaboration helped lay the groundwork for an in-store Revolve pop-up in Aspen earlier this month featuring a selection of coveted Swiss made Rolex copy watches sourced by Bob’s Watches.

“Revolve asked for the more petite 26 mm watches,” Altieri says, referring to the growing preference for smaller case sizes. “The 1:1 online replica Rolex Submariner and GMT watches are always tried and true watches, and people are still loving the colored dials. The 34 mm to 36 mm styles, particularly in all steel, are doing really well.”

While generating brand awareness for Bob’s is one reason Altieri has pursued collaborations with famed fashion retailers, the potential boost in business works both ways: “People have gone into some of these stores because they know our Rolex super clone watches for sale are there and they’ve also found us there,” she says. “It’s a win-win for both parties.”

Altieri says another reason why the fashion collabs make sense is because they allow Bob’s to test the brick and mortar waters. Could a Bob’s Watches physical location be coming soon?