Talking about watches and inspiration can spawn some pretty interesting debates, and for good reason – especially in the dive watch category. Of course, early dive watches weren’t “inspired by” anything; dive watches were tools created with a very distinct purpose. That said, as the years went on and the dive watch category moved away from practical utility towards desirable daily-wearers, design inspiration soon came into play. Today we’re looking at luxury watches inspired by the ocean, and digging into the stories behind the creation of each piece and how they relate to the big blue beyond.As mentioned above, there is no reason to go into a Rolex Submariner history lesson here; however, the Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea with D-Blue dial (a variant of the original Deepsea that was first unveiled in 2008) has a very distinct connection to our world’s deepest waters.The origins of this piece come from Rolex’s involvement in (read: sponsorship of) James Cameron’s deep dive into the Mariana Trench. Though not limited in production, the piece is commemorative of the 2012 dive, and features a gradient blue to black dial that mimics the loss of light as one descends into the ocean’s depths. Additionally, the green chosen for the DEEPSEA text on its dial is matched to the color of Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger Submarine that took a prototype Rolex watch all the way down into the trench affixed to one of its robotic arms.The legacy of Jacques-Yves Cousteau is unparalleled in the world of underwater exploration, and many years ago (back in 2004 to be precise), IWC decided to become a partner of the Cousteau Society – a non-profit organization looking to continue the initiatives set out by Jacques-Yves several decades prior. From the onset of the partnership, IWC has included special limited-edition Aquatimer models in their collections, with a portion of the proceeds of each watch headed towards the organization.Of their bigger undertakings, Cousteau’s famed research vessel (named ‘Calypso’) was raised from the sea floor after sinking on account of an incident in Singapore in 1996. Progress on Calypso has been slow-going, and a fire on the ship while docked in Turkey two years ago has slowed things further. Naturally, there are rumors swirling that a redesign of the IWC Aquatimer line across the board will appear in conjunction with the vessel’s unveiling.
The Daytona is equipped with an Asian clone ETA 7750 movement, which means Noob factory used a Chinese chronograph movement as a base movement, then modified its plates and rotor according to genuine ETA 7750, although the fake 7750 is not as accurate as genuine, the price of the replica tells you everything, besides, I have tested the movement with professional device, the inaccuracy is within 5 seconds each day.Overall, 116509 is the best-selling one among all stainless steel Daytona watches, and I never sell low quality and defective replicas to you.I introduced several Daytona watches on my site, there are steel Daytona, Rainbow Daytona and the most popular vintage Paul Newman Daytona, I like Daytona watch because it is the only Rolex that not only features sporty style but also made of precious metal. Rolex Daytona watch could fit your any types of dresses, like business suits or sports clothing. Many watch fans prefer those Rolex watches with steel bracelet, but I think the one with rubber band is also attractive. I prefer wearing Daytona watch, it is very convenient for me when I am doing some sports, the chronograph function is specially designed for those sports lovers who like competition. Today, I will introduce another fusion art, although many people Hublot is more worthy of this title, this Rolex Daytona is a good combination of precious metal and rubber material. This watch I am going to introduce in the following is Rolex Daytona 116518LN replica, it uses four materials, which include stainless steel, yellow gold, ceramic and black rubber. Now, let’s read its specification first.Replica Rolex Daytona 116518LN Movement: Clone Rolex 4130. Fullly functional Chronograph like real Rolex Daytona Case: 40mm*13mm. 18K Yellow Gold, almost 5 mils on 904L Stainless Steel Bezel: Black Ceramic Bezel Insert Crystal: Sapphire. Etched Rolex Crown at 6 Dial: Gold Color Band: Black OysterFlex Rubber Strap with Flip Lock New Style Clasp Water Resistant: 100m Replica Rolex Daytona Gold Watch.First, I must see it is a dream watch for many Rolex fans because the replica watch uses a lot of high-tech watch materials. The case is made of solid 904L stainless steel, you know, 904L steel is only used on genuine Rolex before, but now AR factory uses this steel material on replica Rolex, this is a great breakthrough in fake watch industry. There is a thick layer of 18K yellow gold on the case, it is about 5 mils, the wrapped gold coating, which will not fade easily, I have to say the gold coating will not be worn even after three years of wearing.
And of course, the movements of both watches are COSC certified chronometers.But the bracelets are where we begin to see differences between the Sub and the GMT. The Submariner gets Rolex’s folding Oysterlock safety clasp with their Glidelock extension system. The GMT’s Oyster bracelet, on the other hand, buckles with a simpler folding Oysterlock safety clasp with and Easylink 5 mm comfort extension link. There have been multiple cases where the Submariner and the GMT are compared.The biggest difference between the two watches is the GMT’s additional hour hand tipped with a triangular “arrowhead.” This hand indicates the hours in 24-hour format. This fourth hand can be set independently of the main hour hand, and the 24-hour time is marked on the bi-directional rotating bezel.In fact, when moving across time zones, one can move the GMT’s regular hour hand to reset to local time without affecting the 24 hour hand’s position. This makes such adjustments easy and routine for the busy traveler.With the Submariner, choices of bezel and dial colors depending on the metal chosen means you have numerous variations from which to choose. The uni-directional bezel is marked in typical dive watch fashion of five minute increments, numbers each ten minutes, and the first fifteen minutes in one-minute tick marks.Even though the GMT features Rolex’s patented Triplock screw-down crown system, the watch is only rated to 100M/330Ft (in all metals). The Submariner is rated to 300M or 1000Ft. This is interesting, given that both watches are housed in the super case.So there you have it. The Submariner and the GMT-Master II are fraternal twins, nearly identical, but each with its own capabilities.5 of the Best Looking Rolex Cerachrom Bezels Rolex isn’t known for being particularly bold with design. However, what they are known for is being innovative, whether that’s creating their own alloys like Everose or mastering the art of hard-to-achieve colored dials. Most recently, one of their biggest innovations to roll out was their new and improved Cerachrom bezels, like those that can be found on the Rolex Daytona and GMT-Master II.Because the bezel on a watch is so exposed, it is often susceptible to shocks, corrosion, fading and scratching. Therefore, Rolex wanted to upgrade specific Professional models in their Oyster collection from aluminum bezel inserts to something much more durable. In typical Rolex fashion, they’ve created their own durable ceramic called Cerachrom – which is a mix of the words “ceramic” and the Greek word for color, “chrom.”Today, we’re looking at the best of the best of these Cerachrom bezels. The most good looking, handsome, and striking examples since this new material was rolled out.I wanted to note this one first because it just looks so different than the other Cerachrom bezels that Rolex has produced. That matte, sandblasted ceramic bezel has this effortlessly modern feel, and is kind of everything that you’d want to see out of a new material. Plus, that black bezel just totally pops against the Everose case.They said it couldn’t be done. When Rolex first unveiled their Cerachrom bezel in 2005, they did so in one solid color and actually admitted that it was just too hard to do a two-colored bezel with the material. Then in 2013, they presented us with this – a blue and black bezel that became instantly iconic. It was a great addition to the GMT-Master II lineup, but it also further illustrates Rolex’s dedication to innovation. Plus it’s totally sharp, right?This is a jaw-dropping look – that Chestnut brown monobloc Cerachrom against an icy blue dial. It’s unique, it’s beautiful, and it’s all executed so well. The Daytona is already a love-it-or-hate-it watch, so it’s fitting that they’ve chosen to go with such a bold, and frankly fun choice for the bezel here.The blue Cerachrom bezel on the Yacht-Master II is just striking. The way the bold blue contrasts against the white dial and Oyster case is just so elegant.
The replica watch is equipped with one pair of black rubber strap, different from the rubber on Hublot and other brand watches, this rubber strap has woven pattern on, which looks very unique. Finally, the replica is equipped with a Miyota 9015 movement, you know, Japanese movement is better than those clone Chinese automatic movement, it has a very low repairing rate.Although the replica AquaTimer has lost its original favor as a diving watch, I still recommend it to you guys who need a big and high quality watch.
Two replica IWC watches are from Z factory, we call it ZF. Both watches have real power reserve and equipped with a clone IWC 52110 movement. The Titanium Big Pilot has a reference number IW510301, while the Bronzo Big Pilot has a reference number IW501005.The following are specification of two watches.First, Big Pilot Titanium. Movement: Clone IWC 52110, Based on an Asia 23 Jeweled Automatic Movement Case: 46mm*15.5mm, Solid Titanium Case with Satin Finish Crystal: Sapphire with AR Coating Dial: Black with Superlumed Hour Markers and Hands, Working Power Reserve Indicator at 3 o’clock Bracelet: Brown Riveted Leather Strap with Deployant Clasp Water Resistant: 30m Second, the Big Pilot Bronzo.Movement: Clone IWC 52110, Based on an Asia 23 Jeweled Automatic Movement Case: 46mm*15.5mm, Solid Bronze Case Crystal: Sapphire with AR Coating Dial: Brown Dial with Superlumed Hour Markers and Hands, Working Power Reserve Indicator at 3 o’clock Bracelet: Brown Riveted Leather Strap with Deployant Clasp Water Resistant: 30m Both Big Pilot watches have a super quality, because they are from Z factory. Every detail is replicated so well, especially the delicated satin finish on the case, and the micro-sanded dial detail, they all represent the top-level manufacturing process in our watch market. However, although the power reserve indicator is working, it can not reach 7 days, you need to wind them every day to gain enough power.
There are also other dial details that tell this Sea-Dweller from others, that is its hour markers are unique, they are oval-shaped, expect a triangle at 12 and other two bar shapes at 6 and 9. All hour markers are a little yellow not white. Minute scales are thin sticks in white. There is a date window positioned at 3, black date font in white background. “SWISS – T < 25” at 6 instead of “SWISS MADE”.Black bezel is bi-directional rotating like genuine. The case back has special engravings curved, including Rolex Lgo, and words of “ROLEX”, “ROLEX PATENT . GAS ESCAPE VALVE . OYSTER”. The case back is also screwed down like modern Sea-Dweller, you can see there are some digital numbers engraved on the back side of the bracelet, I do not know what meaning. The replica 1665 is equipped with an Asian clone ETA 2846 movement, it has 17 jewels and beats at 21600 times per hour, I have done a movement test, like the picture said, only 7 seconds inaccuracy each day.Specifications: Movement: Asian Clone ETA 2846, 17 Jewels, 21600bph Case: 40mm*13mm, 316L Stainless Steel, Bi-directional Black Bezel Crystal: Plexi Plastic Dial: Black with Dot Hour Markers Bracelet: Solid Steel Oyster Bracelet with Diver’s Extension Water Resistant: 30 Meters In recent times, I have written a lot about Rolex watches and most of them are vintage Sub and Explorer, they got a great response on my blog, many readers asked how to buy it and encouraged me to written more things about those vintage watches. Yes, I will keep doing my work to introduce more fantastic replica watches, besides, all advice I have given to you is honest, there are a lot types of replica watches in the market, each type varies in quality, I just hope you to get the most high-end ones.
Much like the red line of text on the dial of the latest Sea-Dweller, the bright orange, arrow-shaped 24-hour hand on the latest incarnation of the Rolex Explorer II is a design element directly borrowed from the very first version of the watch from 1971. For a number of decades, this style of 24-hour hand was entirely absent from the Rolex watch catalog, during which time, the Explorer II shared a 24-hour hand design with Rolex’s GMT-Master II line of watches.However, in 2011 for its 40th anniversary, the Explorer II line received a complete makeover, both inside and out. Although the vast majority of the new reference 216570 Explorer II was completely different from the original version and classifies it as an undisputedly modern timepiece, the large, orange-colored, arrow-shaped, 24-hour hand is aesthetically almost identical to the one on the original version of the Explorer II from the early 1970s.A significant part of the allure of the Rolex GMT-Master II 126710BLRO is rooted in its vintage-inspired design elements, such as its red and blue, “Pepsi” bezel insert and its Jubilee-style bracelet. The very first Rolex GMT-Master watches from the mid-1950s were made from stainless steel and fitted with half-red, half-blue bezel inserts; however, ever since the introduction of Cerachrom (ceramic) bezels, half-red, half-blue “Pepsi” bezel inserts were only available on the 18k white gold version of Rolex’s GMT-Master II. The reference 126710 GMT-Master II marked the return of a stainless steel “Pepsi” GMT, as well as the return of the Jubilee bracelet to the GMT-Master line.
