Each autumn, auction houses large and small send some serious steel—and, increasingly, gold and gem-set—AAA UK replica watches under the hammer. This year, complicated vintage treasures from the likes of Patek Philippe will appear alongside contemporary masterpieces from star watchmakers including F. P. Journe. Sotheby’s global head of fake watches for sale, Geoff Hess, is particularly excited about a watch he’s bringing to market for the first time, a Heuer Monaco worn by the late Steve McQueen on the set of his 1971 film Le Mans.
Replica Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6263 Watches
Antiquorum: Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, November 9 and 10
Estimate: $178,000 to $298,000
This solid-gold best copy watches UK from 1978, fitted with a waterproof case and riveted bracelet, isn’t special just because of its attractive black-acrylic tachymeter-scale bezel, champagne dial, and black chronograph totalizers. It’s also among the last manually wound references Rolex fake watches for men produced before adopting Zenith’s automatic El Primero movement in the 1980s. Despite its age, it’s accompanied by its box, warranty, booklet, and calendar card, making it a collector’s dream.
Fake Rolex Cosmograph ‘Rainbow’ Daytona Ref. 16599 Watches
Phillips: The Rebirth of Mechanical Watchmaking
Geneva, November 8
Estimate: Over $3.5 million
Think the rainbow-watch craze is a recent phenomenon? Think again. Though Swiss movements Rolex replica watches only started producing them serially in 2012, it made this one as a pièce unique for a Middle Eastern collector in the early 1990s. Consider it the starting point for one of the biggest trends in modern horology.
Heuer Monaco ‘Steve McQueen’ Ref. 1133B Replica Watches
Sotheby’s: Important Watches
N.Y.C., December 6
Estimate: $500,000 to $1 million
This cushion-shaped top super clone watches, which debuted in 1969, was one of the world’s first automatic chronographs. Heuer sent six of them to the set of Steve McQueen’s 1971 film Le Mans—it’s where the iconic images of the late actor casually flaunting the perfect 1:1 fake watches while buttoning his racing suit come from. With the other five spoken for, this is the last example McQueen wore that’s available to buy, and the Sotheby’s sale is its first appearance at auction.