November, 2015 | Cheap Patek Philippe Replica Watches From China

Patek Philippe Replica Annual Calendar Watches

Which brings me to today, and the inaugural Buying Time theme: Patek Philippe replica annual calendar Patek Philippe replica watches. I have a put together a selection of Patek best fake watches annual calendars to tempt you — but first, some background.

Welcome to “Cheapfakewatch”, a new series here on Perpetuelle. Buying Time is created in collaboration with Govberg Jewelers, one of America’s preeminent Patek Philippe replica watch and jewelry retailers and creator of the OnTime Patek Philippe copy watch app. It is a thematic selection of compelling pieces curated from Govberg’s prodigious inventory of pre-owned best fake watches. With so many great Patek Philippe copy watch out there, it can be hard to sort through “what’s what” and what’s worth your hard earned dollars. But as important as “what” to buy, perhaps, is “why.” And that’s where Buying Time hopes to be of assistance. With this weekly series, the goal is to not merely present a selection of best fake watches for sale, but to put forth a set of best fake watches that share a common thread, and to share a bit more depth and knowledge around each particular piece or theme.

First, what exactly is an annual calendar? An annual calendar Patek Philippe copy watch displays the day of week, date, and month, and distinguishes between months of 30 and 31 days. Which means that it only needs to be reset once a year (at the end of February), instead of five times a year like a plain calendar would. A perpetual calendar, of course, accounts for the leap year and thus requires no adjustment until 2100. Simple enough, right? But you may be surprised to learn that the annual calendar mechanism did not make its way into a Patek Philippe copy watch until about two decades ago.
That’s right, it was Patek Philippe replica who invented the annual calendar mechanism in 1996. What?!?! Yup. Until 1996, there were only two types of calendar available in a Patek Philippe copy watch: plain or perpetual. It was in 1997 at the annual Baselworld expo that Patek Philippe replica introduced the world’s first annual calendar, the Patek Philippe replica Reference 5035, based on Patek’s automatic mechanical caliber 315-SC with annual calendar mechanism (you can see the patent, right here). The (mechanical) beauty of Patek’s mechanism is that it was entirely rotary, dispensing with the reversals and discontinuous movements of cams and springs in the conventional perpetual calendar. It may seem strange or even ironic that Patek patented a perpetual calendar mechanism (for pocketwatches) way back in 1889, but the (arguably long overdue) arrival of the annual calendar in 1996 was nonetheless amply appreciated by aficionados which is probably why the complication can be found in sixteen distinct reference families (men’s and womens’) across the Patek range today. As for the Patek Ref 5035 which started it all, well, it remained in production for about nine years until it was replaced in 2005 by the Ref 5146, a ref which is still in production today in the full range of precious metal cases.

So why own a Patek Philippe replica annual calendar? Well, I think the reasons are evident — the Patek Annual Calendar is a big step up from a regular date function Patek Philippe copy watch, but still affordable relative to the heralded perpetual calendar. Aside from the leap year, there is practically no compromise vs. the perpetual calendar, save for price, and that’s a good thing. And of course to own any Patek Philippe replica watch speaks volumes in and of itself. If you can afford it, a Patek annual calendar is a truly special Patek Philippe copy watch to own.

Patek Philippe Replica Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph

A few years ago, Patek Philippe Replica introduced a new Ref. 5980/1A with a white dial (for laymen: that’s the Nautilus Chronograph). We at Monochrome Patek Philippe Replica Watches were a bit surprised to discover, at Baselworld 2014, that Patek Philippe Replica had already discontinued the steel 5980/1A model and replaced it with a steel Nautilus Chronograph with a second time zone, like the one in the Aquanaut Travel Time Ref. 5164.
That means that the 5980/1A-019 (the white-dial Nautilus Chrono) will have been in production for only two years. Since we’re talking about Patek Philippe Replica here, productions numbers are rather low, and this reference is now a very rare bird which we expect to become very collectible. Although the other steel 5980/1A models are not as rare (but super-rare compared to a Rolex Submariner, for instance), we would not be surprised to see their prices climb now that the demand can no longer be fulfilled at Patek Philippe Replica boutiques but only on the secondary market. But now, let’s take a look at the newbie in the Nautilus family, whose additional second-time-zone function works just like the one in the aforementioned Patek Philippe Replica Aquanaut Travel Time, introduced in 2011 .

On the left-hand side of the case are two pushers for changing the local time zone when you’re traveling. Design-wise, Patek Philippe Replica did very well here, because these pushers look like the typical “ears” of the Nautilus case. However, adding them forced Patek Philippe Replica to change the model’s typical two-part case for a more traditional three-part case. Although the entire case construction has changed, the diameter is still 40.5 mm and the case is still water-resistant to 120 meters. Also the overall case thickness is not much greater (the official data is not provided) than the 5980’s thickness of 12.6 mm. When we saw the first images, we “feared” the replica Patek Philippe watch would be too thick and too busy on the dial. After trying it on the wrist, we’re convinced that our fears were groundless.

On the dial, we see the chronograph register at 6 o’clock, and, similar to that on the Aquanaut Travel Time, it features a pointer-date, now positioned on the upper part of the dial. The date indication is connected to the local time, which is your travel destination. When traveling, it can be adjusted both forward and backward, to follow the date of the time zone where you are. To the left and right on the dial are two small apertures, which indicate day and night in both the local time zone and the home time zone. The chronograph pushers – to start, stop and reset to zero – are located on the left-hand side of the case, just like on the Nautilus Chronograph Ref. 5980/1A. Where the old 5980/1A had a 60-minute and 12-hour register for measuring elapsed time, the new ref. 5990/1A has just one 60-minute counter. While you won’t be able to measure how long that intercontinental flight took anymore, the new subdial is cleaner and easier to read.

The movement of the Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph, Caliber 28-520 C FUS, starts with the same base caliber as its predecessor; however, now it has an additional module for the two time zones (called “FUS”) — again, the same module used in the Aquanaut Travel Time. The retail price in Swiss Francs is CHF 47,000 (about $57,300), just a few thousand more than the steel Ref. 5980/1A. That’s still a lot of money, but we’re glad that Patek Philippe Replica didn’t set the price even higher. Despite the fact that the Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph is a great addition to the Nautilus collection, I will miss the 5980/1A, because of its sportier look. I still consider the 5980/1A to be the Magnum Opus of luxury sports fake watches.

Replica Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph

In 1941, Patek Philippe replica began producing the world’s first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, the Reference 1518. The 1518 sold for 2,800 Swiss Francs in 1941, and still dominates the industry’s attention, most prominently at auction. A rare “pink on pink” version of this swiss replica watch sold for over $1 million at the Phillips Auction One this year, to give you an idea of the demand for these vintage pieces.

Ultimately, Patek’s release of the 5270 does well in not sacrificing its balance of form and function in favor of a pure tribute to past references. Patek modernized a gentlemen’s watch, improved its readability, and said, “While we’re at it, let’s create our own workhorse movement to go with it.” To me, this move says “Patek Philippe” even more so than the stamp on the dial. This is a great watch, plain and simple.
While the 1518 proved to be quite the technical feat, the clear aesthetic mastery seen in its dial is also notable. The careful placement of enamel, blue undertones, and the balance of technicality with purposeful artistry (especially in the four incredibly rare stainless steel examples) declares this cheap fake watch a ‘grail’ for many vintage watch enthusiasts. It just looks brilliant. The 1518 technologically changed the watch industry, set a bar for complicated watch production, and placed Patek Philippe at the top of the horological food chain. On top of all of this, Patek released advancements of this series (first in Ref. 2499) half a century before any other brand attempted to serially produce a similar complication.

I do not want to heavily criticize this watch because I know it is meant to attract a very different consumer than myself. While I think the diamonds and platinum are to some extent ostentatious, the 5271 doesn’t even come close to many other pieces on the flashy watch scale. While being almost identical in style and design to the 5270, outside of diamonds and color schemes, this watch continues to honor the long history of the series. Some will point out that the month and day indicator now have the same background color as the dial (a feature not available in the 5270), and there is no longer a small dip on the 6 o’clock subdial that pushed into the tachymeter, but these changes are minimal. Overall, it’s another beautiful watch in this historic series, and Patek did a very good job of balancing the gems with the initially subtle look of the watch.
When it comes to watchmaking, Patek Philippe reminds me of the kid who locked himself in his room and spent hours taking apart and rebuilding his computer. By the time everyone outside became familiar with the model, he was already dissecting the next technological thing he could find. Maybe not all of us knew a kid like that growing up, but it doesn’t matter; what matters is that an honest look at Patek, and this watch, reveals that the brand is not aiming to stun you. You won’t see ads with vaguely unrelated celebrities, bright colors, or even serif fonts; Patek Philippe is simply working to create some of the best replica watches available on the market, and that is all it takes to keep us paying attention.