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Swiss Top 5 Reasonably Affordable Replica Rolex Watches UK Online

With all the price decreases on the secondhand market, some of the Rolex models you have had your eye on might have become more within reach. This week, we look at some reasonably affordable Swiss made Rolex replica watches. They could be the start of a bigger Rolex collection or the one Rolex you have always wanted. After doing some research, we were surprised to find that some great Rolexes are available for much less money than we had imagined. Let’s find out what some of these references are!

Before we get into the list, it’s good to explain how we approached the idea of affordability. Of course, when dealing with luxury watches, “affordable” is a relative term. Given that 1:1 UK Rolex fake watches are always going to be expensive for most people, today, we mean “affordable in relation to other Rolex models.” We also didn’t just select the five most affordable Rolex references of all. Instead, we focused on surprisingly attainable references of some famous Rolex models. So don’t even expect to see five watches under €5K. Don’t get me wrong; that is a very valid list that we might make in the future. But for now, here is our list of the top five reasonably affordable Rolex references.

Replica Rolex Explorer ref. 114270 Watches

Let’s start this list with a watch we weren’t necessarily surprised to feature. Still, the prices for the wholesale fake Rolex Explorer ref. 114270 watches are lower than they have been in a long time. Fratello’s Daan owns this specific Explorer reference. He explained in a lengthy article why he picked it over the ref. 14270. While both are great 36mm Explorers, the 114270 features solid end links and is powered by the upgraded caliber 3130. These are two very valid reasons to pick it over the ref. 14270.

Just as a reminder, the Explorer ref. 114270 debuted in 2001 and stayed in production until the 39mm Explorer ref. 214270 succeeded it. The case measures 36mm in diameter, slightly over 11mm thick, and 44mm long from lug to lug. Inside the case, the automatic caliber 3130 operates at 28,800vph and offers 48 hours of power reserve. In terms of design, the Rolex copy watches for sale sports the classic Explorer looks with a black dial graced by the characteristic large 3, 6, and 9 numerals in white gold. It is a fantastic modern version of the classic that Rolex released in 1953.

The Rolex Explorer ref. 114270 is a great pick that can be yours starting around €5K. Finding a good one with a box and papers should be possible between €5K and €5.5K. You can also find some in great condition for less than €6K. It makes the ref. 114270 the perfect first pick for this list.

Fake Rolex Datejust ref. 1601 Watches

This list would not be complete without a Datejust. There are plenty of available options, of course. After consulting with Thomas van Straaten, Fratello’s resident Datejust expert, we opted for the classic cheap replica Rolex Datejust ref. 1601 watches. This one celebrates the classic Datejust style with a pie-pan dial. Additionally, we always prefer the Datejust with a white gold fluted bezel and a Jubilee bracelet for the most elegant look. When it comes to picking a dial, a silver one is an often-seen option that perfectly completes this classic watch’s aesthetic.

The Datejust ref. 1601 debuted in 1959 and stayed in production until 1977 when the ref. 16104 took its place. While that reference has a quick-set date for additional practicality, it also got rid of the characteristic pie-pan dial. So if you want that classic Datejust look and don’t mind the lack of a quick-set function, the ref. 1601 is the one to go for. Rolex updated the movement from caliber 1565 to caliber 1575 in 1965. The new movement increased the beat rate from 18,000vph to 19,800vph and added hacking seconds.

The updated movement could be something to consider, but a different dial color could be too. As you will know, there are plenty of options out there. Finding luxury super clone Rolex Datejust ref. 1601 watches is not hard. Finding one in good condition may require some work, though. Expect prices to start at roughly €3.5K and move up to €7K for one in good condition, potentially with box and papers. But you should be able to find one well under €5K, making it the perfect affordable pick.

Rolex Explorer II ref. 16570 Replica Watches

Our next pick is another Explorer. The best fake Rolex Explorer II ref. 16570 watches is a popular reference that has decreased significantly in price in the last few years. As most of you will know, it was the last Explorer II reference to feature a 40mm stainless steel case. After that, the brand switched to a 42mm case for the ref. 216570. That model is not only bigger but also has much bigger indices on the dial and bolder numerals on the bezel. On top of that, Rolex switched from a red to an orange 24-hour GMT hand. As you probably expected, we prefer the former. The ref. 16570 is another Fratello favorite. Thomas owns the black-dial version in the pictures, and Nacho has had his eye on the white-dial, “Polar” version for a while now.

The Explorer II ref. 16570 was produced from 1989 until 2011, so it had quite a long run. The Rolex copy watches UK for sale has a 40mm stainless steel case that is 12.2mm thick and 47mm from lug to lug. Inside it, Rolex equipped the watch with its caliber 3185 until 2007. That’s when the brand introduced the updated caliber 3186, which solved the issue of 12-hour hand wobbling when setting the time. The updated caliber 3186 also added a modern Parachrom hairspring for increased antimagnetic properties and temperature resistance.

Prices for a Rolex Explorer II ref. 16570 start right around €6K and move up to €10K–12K for one in great condition. But you should easily be able to find an example in good condition for between €6K and €8K. If you ask us, that would be a great choice for the money.

Rolex Submariner ref. 14060(M) Fake Watches

Our fourth affordable Rolex pick is another classic. When it comes to picking an affordable Swiss AAA Rolex Submariner replica watches, the ref. 14060 is a great option. It’s a great reference that came out in 1988 to replace the last version of the legendary ref. 5513. The 14060 was the first dateless Submariner with a Triplock crown and a sapphire crystal.

The case measures 40mm wide, 12.3mm thick, and 47.5mm from lug to lug. This was also the first no-date Submariner with a 300m depth rating. Rolex equipped this Rolex fake watches site with its caliber 3000. The automatic movement operated at 28,800vph and offered 42 hours of power reserve.

Then, in 1999, Rolex updated the movement to caliber 3130, and the reference number changed to 14060M. The updated movement introduced a larger balance wheel and a full balance bridge. The 14060M stayed in production until 2012 when the 114060, featuring the Super Case with its wider lugs, replaced it. People love that the 14060(M) still had a classic Submariner look, an aluminum bezel insert, and a perfectly balanced dial.

We have written multiple articles on this specific Sub. Mike has owned one for well over a decade, and he wrote an article on why it is still his favorite. And Mike is not alone. We love the Submariner ref. 14060, which can be yours starting at roughly €7K. Prices move up to €11K–12K for one in great condition, but you should be able to find one for between €7K and €9K without any problems.

Replica Rolex Air-King ref. 5500 Watches

Our last pick is the most affordable Rolex on this list. The best quality fake Rolex Air-King ref. 5500 watches came out in 1957 and stayed in production until 1989. During that incredible production run, Rolex, of course, created multiple versions of the reference with updated dial designs, colors, and movements. This makes the history of the Air-King ref. 5500 certainly worth checking out. The ref. 5500 has a 34mm case that is 11.3mm thick and measures 40mm from lug to lug. The case was often paired with light-colored dials, although the watch was also available with blue and black dials.

In the beginning, Rolex used old-style dials and Alpha hands. However, some years after the introduction, the brand updated the dials to the famous baton hands and stick indexes. Interestingly, in the late 1950s, the brand also introduced the ref. 5500 with an Explorer dial. The replica Rolex watches shop UK featured the famous 3-6-9 layout, essentially creating a smaller version of the actual Explorer ref. 6610 and ref. 1016, which were produced alongside the ref. 5500 Explorer.

But back to the Air-King ref. 5500. The brand equipped the watches with either caliber 1520 or 1530. Those housing the former often had the word “Precision” on the dial, whereas the latter mostly featured the words “Super Precision.” Funnily enough, caliber 1530 preceded caliber 1520 and was the more advanced movement. This is not something you would expect when looking at the reference numbers and the timeline of the two calibers.

Finding the right Air-King ref. 5500 may take some time. You must do some homework to ensure the Rolex replica watches paypal is in the right condition. Luckily, plenty of options start at roughly €2.5K and move up €5K, making this Air-King a proper affordable Rolex.

Final thoughts on the top five reasonably affordable Rolex models

There you have it! Our list of five reasonably affordable Rolex models might not have any big surprises, but it is good to see what they go for now since prices have come down significantly. It seems like the right time to finally get your favorite high quality Rolex fake watches. Out of the five options presented here, my favorite would be the Submariner ref. 14060. But as I have my eyes set on its bigger brother, the Sea-Dweller ref. 16600, I would probably pick the Explorer ref. 114270. I was surprised that prices start at less than €5K nowadays.

Five Things I Learned From The First Ever UK Best Fake Rolex-Authorized Submariner Book

Not just another fancy coffee table book, Oyster Perpetual Submariner—The Watch That Unlocked The Deep by Nicholas Foulkes is the most revealing look inside the Rolex archives—ever. I’ll admit that when I first heard about the book, my cynicism got the better of me. Luxury Rolex replica watches, the global flagship of Swiss watchmaking, never reveals its secrets. Why would the company notorious for safeguarding archival information suddenly decide to make it available for public consumption?

Well, the informational waters are no longer so murky. In one fell swoop, Rolex corrects, confirms, and adds to the scholarship surrounding vintage Submariners. Most significantly (and as already “reported” in the vintage Rolex IG community) the production estimates of each Rolex Submariner reference ever made are included in the book’s index. This is a 180° move from Rolex, a brand that typically says nothing to confirm or deny its vintage product, but it’s just the tip of the Oyster Perpetual Submariner iceberg.

Rolex Submariner book

Previous scholarship was long fought for in the trenches of vintage collecting, compiling data from known original UK AAA Rolex fake watches, adding in old stories handed down from Rolex savants of years past, and employing a mix of common sense and conjecture to arrive at conclusions that could only be presented with qualifiers such as “as far as the collecting community knows…”.

With concrete information on Submariners sealed and approved by the Crown comes the promise of more authorized books on Rolex models (and their secrets). This book is the first in a series published by Wallpaper* in partnership with Rolex, all penned by Foulkes. The official Submariner book is 252 pages long, and while I would never give all the secrets away in one article, here are five things that Hodinkee’s resident “vintage guy” learned while flipping through it.

  1. The Submariner was born from the Explorer

In our Reference Points: Understanding The high quality Rolex Submariner replica watches, a whole section is dedicated to “The Genesis Of The Submariner.” This idea of the Submariner, Explorer, and Turn-O-Graph hitting the market as a trio in May of 1954 was always a part of the “accepted” story. This is not to criticize or debunk a previous article, but more to show what we once thought was correct in the watch community.

    The very first chapter of perfect Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner copy watches cites numerous primary accounts via the Rolex Archive to tell a wholly different story. According to the book, the Submariner was developed from the ref. 6150 Explorer. A series of letters between Rolex director René-Paul Jeanneret and the Rolex London office detail a story of specific requests from and tests by British Royal Navy divers beginning in 1952. A Rolex shipping form dated September 1953 notes early examples of the ref. 6150 being delivered to the Royal Navy.

      With feedback from divers, in 1954, Rolex London described a special version of the ref. 6150 “manufactured in collaboration with the Admiralty,” having a larger dial diameter (check) and a rotating bezel (double check). And so (according to the book), the Submariner was born.

      1. Pièce Rebikoff, Nautilus, Frogman, and Sub-Aqua – The Many Names Of The Rolex Submariner

      The Submariner, or simply “Sub,” is so ubiquitous today that we don’t ever stop to think how a seemingly unnatural word found its way onto a Rolex dial. We’re talking about the same company with enough imagination to dream up model names like Datejust for a watch with just a date complication and Day-Date for a watch with a day and date complication.

      According to Foulkes and Swiss made Rolex replica watches, the project that would come to be known as the Submariner tried on various names while in development and even hit a post-launch hiccup in the US. Hans Wilsdorf is quoted in the book as saying, “I like the name Deep Sea Special better than Frogman” and even shares an idea that, in hindsight, would have really changed watch-world history: Wilsdorf states, “I am sure that Nautilus is already registered.”

        Concurrent with the British Royal Navy tests, Rolex also contracted the assistance of Dimitri Rebikoff, a pioneer in underwater photography and the burgeoning sport of scuba diving. Rebikoff’s influence on the Submariner project was so great that internally, the 1:1 fake Rolex watches UK was referred to as “pièce Rebikoff.” Ultimately, in a Rolex technical meeting on May 28th, 1953, Jean Huguenin is credited with deciding that “this piece will carry the name: ‘SUBMARINER.'”

        Even after the Submariner hit the market, the name was still in question. The book details an intellectual property rights issue in the US, resulting in the use of Sub-Aqua for a very short period. This explains once and for all the very rare, early variant of the Submariner with Sub-Aqua in place of Submariner on the dial!

        1. We Can Thank Dimitri Rebikoff For The Death Of The Red Triangle Bezel

        A couple of quick nuggets I gleaned before moving into the big news. I mentioned Dimitri Rebikoff above, but the book has a ton of great information about him and his relationship with Rolex – he was truly instrumental in making the Rolex Submariner super clone watches online look like it does today. For example, in April of 1953, he specifically called out the impracticality of the red triangle at 12 o’clock on the bezel, saying it “will probably already become invisible below 10 meters… it would be better to replace it with a white triangle.”

        “We are currently studying modifying the bezel so as to make the triangle snow white rather than red,” responded René-Paul Jeanneret. And, in relatively short order, the red triangle was no more.

        1. Turn-O-Graph – The Forgotten Child Meant To Be The Big Hit At Basel

        Even after all of this Royal Navy and scuba diving pioneer development, the retail market hopes for the Swiss movements replica Rolex Submariner watches were low. According to the book, the Submariner was originally thought to be a niche, professional product. But it was the development of a rotating bezel that was to be the commercial saving grace. As such, the Turn-O-Graph was developed to launch in tandem with the Submariner, focused solely on the rotating bezel. It was to be “the watch with a thousand and one uses.” Rolex put the full might of its 1954 Basel Fair production behind the Turn-O-Graph. Ultimately, the Submariner won out.

        I can say from experience in the vintage market that very few Turn-O-Graphs were sold then and even with that rarity today, it is a difficult watch to sell to even the most discerning vintage Rolex collector. The Submariner took off and the Turn-O-Graph was left, largely forgotten, somewhere near the starting line.

        1. Production ‘Estimates’ For Each Submariner Reference

        This back-of-book addition has been the “talk of the vintage Rolex town” since early copies of the book landed. It’s hard to stress just how un-Rolex the inclusion of these numbers is, but I am sure most Hodinkee readers know by now. Listing out all the production numbers here feels a bit unfair to Wallpaper*, Foulkes, and all the people who worked hard to create the book, but I will call out a couple of “key learnings,” how about that? Important to note off the top, the fine print states that “production quantities are estimates based on figures from the Rolex Archives,” but, as we’ll see, the numbers feel pretty exact.

          Firstly, the vintage Rolex community is pretty damn good at guessing. For years, it has been widely accepted that around top wholesale replica Rolex 300 ref. 6200 “King Subs” watches were produced. This number is often quoted because the reference was long thought to be one of the “rarest.” Turns out, we were right. The book confirms that an “estimated” 303 examples were produced (you see, the estimate looks pretty spot on, 303, not 300), and that is the lowest production of any reference.

          Also interesting is the split between ref. 5513s and ref. 5512s. These two were sister references for most of their production, with the distinction between them being a chronometer-certified movement in the 5512 and a non-chronometer-certified caliber in the 5513. I know I am oversimplifying here a bit (don’t @ me, Vintage Rolex Police). Anyway, outside of that movement difference, the two are essentially the same best quality UK Rolex copy watches. Yet, the total production of the 5513 is estimated at 151,449 versus 17,338 for the 5512. In today’s vintage market, 5512s have always carried a slight premium over 5513s but not a nearly nine times rarer premium.

          4 Most Affordable AAA Swiss Fake Rolex Watches UK For Men, Priced Between Rs 5.57 lakh And Rs 7.10 lakh

          Want to enter the coveted Rolex club but are afraid that they’re out of your budget? To be fair, Rolex isn’t known for manufacturing any watch that can qualify as “cheap” or “affordable” in any part of the world. That makes hunting a new and (relatively) affordable Rolex a fairly challenging proposition. Although there are plenty of reasonably priced, pre-owned Swiss made Rolex replica watches of genuine provenance, finding one at retail value, which isn’t subject to huge markups and waiting lists, is tricky. Here are four series of 1:1 UK Rolex fake watches made by Rolex that can be picked up on your first visit to an authorised dealership, at a relatively affordable price.

          Rolex Air King Replica Watches

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          Rolex Datejust Fake Watches

          The Datejust is one of Rolex’s most storied watches. Created to commemorate the brand’s 40th anniversary in 1945, it is arguably one of the most recognizable high quality Rolex replica watches in the market, thanks to its iconic fluted bezel (although the Oystersteel model features a plain steel bezel). Thanks to the bezel and the cyclops lens (its other design trademark) the Swiss movements replica Rolex Datejust watches manages to look more distinct than a simple Oyster Perpetual. It is available in a very wide array of shapes and sizes, starting from a 28mm Lady Datejust and going all the way to 41mm. It also features a mix of white and yellow gold, along with variants that have diamond-studded dials and bezels – but those cost a fair bit more.

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          Replica Rolex Oyster Perpetual Watches

          The most affordable Rolex is the basic, three-hand top Rolex Oyster Perpetual replica watches. It’s not a chronograph, it doesn’t feature a rotating bezel, and it doesn’t even come with a date window. What you are paying for is Rolex’s patented automatic movement, its precision and its reliability. This is the consecrated essence of what a Rolex is all about: iconic, recognisable, clean, and elegant. Featuring a sunray or lacquered dial and available in a variety of sizes ranging from 31mm to 41mm, it’s made of the corrosion-resistant proprietary version of stainless steel that Rolex calls “Oystersteel”.

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          Fake Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer Watches

          In many ways, the best Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer replica watches is similar to the entry-level Oyster Perpetual. It features no date window, no other major complication in sight. Instead, it gets a distinctive black dial with 3,6 and 9 numerals featuring a Chromalight display that has a distinct blue glow when shrouded in the dark. But despite its similarities, the Explorer name commands a slight premium over the standard Oyster Perpetual because it was the luxury Rolex super clone watches worn by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay when they scaled Everest in 1953. More accurately, it was the pre-Explorer version, with the commercial model being introduced around the 80s.

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