UK Perfect Replica TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Panda
Sometimes you don’t need to reinvent the wheel to make good luxury fake watches, and that’s precisely what the Carrera Chronograph Panda demonstrates. Inspired by the Heuer ref. 7753 SN first released in 1970 – yet positively brimming with 60s energy – this panda-dialled Glassbox might not bring a new layout or complication to the table, being just a new dial variant, but it arguably represents the most handsome take on the Carrera yet.
The devil’s in the details. The cheap super clone watches blazing, effervescent silver sunburst is contrasted beautifully by its stark black azurage subdials. Pops of red on the chronograph hands provide a naughty dash of colour, while the running seconds at 6 o’clock is left in silver in order to provide visual balance. I love how the tachymeter scale beneath the box-domed sapphire crystal is also realised in black, too. An 80-hour power reserve, column wheel-utilising movement is the icing on the cake.
UK Best Replica TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Seafarer x Hodinkee
Credit where credit’s due: the Hodinkee team know how to make a good collab, and they seem to save their best efforts for when they work with high quality replica TAG Heuer. A tribute to the Heuer Mareographe and Abercrombie & Fitch Seafarer models of the 50s and late 60s, and building upon the success of the Carrera Glassbox Skipper (a watch that was pre-empted by another Hodinkee collab), this Glassbox Seafarer doubles down on preppy sailing watch vibes while also bringing a complication to the fore.
Very much a melange of different vintage top copy watches, this 42mm model addresses one of the biggest flaws of the original Mareographe/Seafarer – namely, rather dinky pushers – by utilising a large, robust pusher at 9 o’clock to advance the tide indicator alongside the Glassbox’s already beefier pump-style chronograph pushers. It’s a watch that’s clearly borne out of Hodinkee founder Ben Clymer’s genuine affection for Heuer’s history.
