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Hands-On: High Quality Hublot MP-13 Tourbillon Bi-Axis Retrograde Black Carbon Fake Watches UK

For 2024, Swiss Hublot released a new limited-edition version (only the second style so far) of one of its more niche high-end horology items. That being the Hublot (Masterpiece) MP-13, known more casually as the Tourbillon Bi-Axis Retrograde. The first version of the perfect 2024 replica Hublot MP-13 Tourbillon Bi-Axis Retrograde watches came out in 2023 as a titanium model. Hublot now adds a slightly more expensive 50-piece limited edition version of the MP-13 known as the Tourbillon Bi-Axis Retrograde Black Carbon 44mm reference 913.YT.1170.RX. It has a case made mainly from carbon and Texalium (a textured carbon composite as I understand it) and is going to be even lighter than the titanium version.

The MP-13 is an attempt to take Hublot’s more fantastical in-house mechanical movements and put them in a more traditional (for Hublot) and wearable case. What we often have with Hublot’s more exotic mechanisms is a tradeoff between originality and practical wearability. I applaud Hublot’s more interesting shapes and styles, but they can be too extreme for people with more traditional or conservative AAA UK fake watches tastes. While the MP-13 is not technically in the Hublot Big Bang family, the case shape and proportions roughly follow that of Hublot’s more famous watch product family. This particular case shape is not per se new, but rather an adaptation of Hublot’s somewhat similar MP-09 Tourbillon Bi-Axis watch from 2017. Both of the cheap copy watches share a similar case design and manually-wound two-axis tourbillon movement, but the MP-13 updates the display making it a bit more attractive and visually interesting.

The case of the Hublot MP-13 Tourbillon Bi-Axis Retrograde Black Carbon replica watches for men is 44mm wide and as you can see – a bit on the thicker side. Hublot even needed to create a semi-spherical “bubble” section on the rear sapphire crystal caseback to make a bit of extra room for the bi-axial tourbillon assembly as part of the movement. The case is water-resistant to 30 meters and is pretty comfortable on the wrist. Most of the case is produced from carbon while the bezel and caseback sections use a Texalium material with an interesting surface texture. It is more modern and high-tech looking than carbon fiber, but thematically speaking, it is designed to offer the same type of attractive texture on what otherwise can be a boring surface to look at (carbon without texturing or patterns, that is). Other materials such as titanium and ceramic are used in parts of the case and strap deployant clasp.

Inside the Hublot MP-13 super clone watches wholesale is an in-house made and developed mechanical movement known as the caliber HUB6200. This movement features the time using a retrograde minute and hour hand, as well as a prominently displayed bi-axial tourbillon. The movement also has a power reserve indicator hand to help indicate how much of the 96 total hours of power reserve are available. I believe that the tourbillon operates at a frequency of 3Hz. The movement of the MP-13 replica watches shop UK clearly builds on the movement architecture of the MP-09, and in addition to the new way it displays the time, the movement itself has a more attractive presentation and bridgework.

It is easy to miss the retrograde aspect of this Swiss made fake watches if you don’t look closely enough. The concept starts with the idea that the hands should not pass over the tourbillon display. That would not only force the watch to be that much thicker but also wouldn’t be as visually elegant. This is not per se the first time a watchmaker has come up with retrograde hands to solve this problem – though it is certainly rare today. The idea is that the hour and minute hands do not circle the entire dial but rather have shorter scales to follow. The hands jump back to their starting “0” position when they reach the end of the scale, as opposed to moving in a continuous circle around the dial. This makes for really interesting top China replica watches display and one that does not have a lot of latent legibility. This means that while you can clearly view the hands and markers, your brain needs to learn a new way of reading the time since this is not a traditional 12-hour layout.

Futurists who want a traditional Swiss mechanical watch with a lot of pizazz are the key target demographic for a watch like the Hublot MP-13 Tourbillon Bi-Axis Retrograde Black Carbon. It offers a fun viewing experience and an exotic mechanism that is also more reliable since Hublot has been refining such systems for many years now (i.e. they are not new to making these types of complicated movements). Of course, the copy watches site is niche by design and its 50-piece limited edition nature (and high-end pricing) attests to that. Price for the reference 913.YT.1170.RX Hublot MP-13 Tourbillon Bi-Axis Retrograde Black Carbom 44mm watch is $176,000 USD.

TAG Heuer Revives Its Best 2024 Mid-Century Seafarer Tide Indicator Chronograph Replica Watches UK

The watch industry certainly isn’t riddled with brand collaborations like, say, the sneaker world. However, some of our favorites have been from none other than the renowned watch blog Hodinkee. From partnering with John Mayer and G-SHOCK on retro Swiss made replica watches inspired by the guitarist’s Casiotone keyboard from his youth to reviving the short-lived models that Braun (like the coffeemaker company) came out with in the ‘80s.

Hodinkee’s highest-profile collaborations seem to be the ones with Swiss icon TAG Heuer, but it’s been a while. First in 2017, they did a modern take on the coveted Skipper chronograph Heuer made for the America’s Cup yacht race in 1967 (only 20 have been confirmed to exist today). And then in 2021, there was the vintage-inspired Carrera Dato fake watches for men, a single-register tuxedo chronograph with some seriously understated style for your wrist.

For the two brand’s third collaboration, they’ve decided to dig into the catalog crate once again, reviving a white label high quality copy watches that Heuer did for Abercrombie & Fitch back in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Let’s take a look…

Yes, Abercrombie & Fitch…It’s Not a Typo

To a certain generation, the name Abercrombie & Fitch evokes black-and-white photos of pensive-looking shirtless dudes contemplating which preppy collared shirt they should wear next. However, that was all a part of a serious rebrand that happened in the 1990s after surviving Chapter 11.

Founded in 1892, Abercrombie & Fitch was actually a brand that catered to outdoorsmen. We’re talking about fishing gear and shotguns. Teddy Roosevelt shopped at the store prior to his 1909 safari, while Ernest Hemingway frequented the shop for firearms, including the gun used for his suicide.

Heuer Enters the Picture

A young Jack Heuer — great-grandson of founder Edouard Heuer — worked at a watch department inside Abercrombie & Fitch’s flagship store in New York. Right around that time, his family’s watch company was shifting to more tool-based timepieces like chronographs and pilot’s perfect online replica watches.

Right around that time, A&F was looking for cheap fake watches designed for hunters and fishermen, specifically tapping into John Alden Knight’s Solunar Theory which uses a series of annual charts that depict the days and times most favorable for hunting and fishing based on the alignment of the Sun and Moon (similar to how the moon affects the ocean tides). The company’s president Walter Haynes registered a patent for the design and approached Heuer to make the UK super clone watches wholesale.

The end result was the Abercrombie & Fitch Solunar in 1949, co-branded with Heuer. It had a tide indicator in the form of a bottom subdial that rotated every 59 days — two lunar cycles. It could be modified to local tide tables with the help of a 4 o’clock pusher.

The Solunar evolved into the Seaferer a year later in 1950 by moving the tide indicator to the 9 o’clock position and adding a regatta timer and an additional 12-hour subdial at the bottom. It featured a simple solid bezel and a cream-colored dial with the Heuer branding now removed. In 1968, the Swiss movements replica TAG Heuer Seafarer watches reached its final evolution with a blue and black version equipped with more diving capabilities and a rotating timing bezel.

TAG Heuer x Hodinkee Carrera Chronograph Seafarer Basics

Not a strict reissue of one particular Seafarer model, the 2024 top fake watches with Hodinkee combines elements from the 1950 version with its simple bezel design and the colors and 100m of water resistance of the 1968 model. The new model utilizes TAG Heuer’s modern glassbox Carrera case design with a domed sapphire crystal.

Measuring 42mm across and adorned with a black rubber strap, the stainless steel case houses a brand-new in-house TH20-13 tide indicator chronograph movement, which can be seen through the caseback. Returning are the tide indicator — now activated by its own “TIDE” pusher — and regatta subdial, while the bottom register is now a small seconds counter. The black dial is surrounded by a 60-minute rehaut scale in lieu of a timing bezel.

Pricing & Availability

Limited to 968 pieces, the TAG Heuer x Hodinkee Carrera Seafarer copy watches for sale is a unique timepiece, to say the least, and is currently offered on Hodinkee’s website for $7,950.

Best Quality UK Fake Patek Philippe Calatrava Weekly Calendar Ref. 5212A Watches: Patek’s First Production Steel Dress Watch In Decades

I really like stainless steel. I even wrote about why I think stainless steel is the most precious of metals.

Stainless steel is one of the most versatile and functional metals in watchmaking, and a large percentage of perfect UK replica watches cases and other components are made of it. But that doesn’t hold true across the entire industry, specifically in the upper echelon of watchmaking where precious metals reign supreme.

Stainless steel has an image problem; it just seems too pedestrian. When people spend upwards of $20,000 on a timepiece, they want to know that it is exclusive and of the utmost quality.

This often leads to the inclusion of precious metals, diamonds and gemstones, and extravagant métiers d’art techniques applied in a variety of ways. Sometimes we also find ceramic and titanium because they are considered more exotic and high-tech. Some brands use expensive cases as a point of pride, claiming that its AAA online fake watches will only ever be made in precious metals like gold and platinum.

This creates a side effect for those brands: the precious-metal cheap replica watches are considered “normal” while the unlikely and often rare moments when a watch is released in stainless steel creates a buzz of excitement and a collectors’ rush to get their hands on the coveted, elusive steel edition.

Some brands house sporty models in stainless steel, but never dress watches – usually because it seems too mundane. In the extremely rare occasions when a prototype slips out or a one-off piece is made in steel (as in the case of the A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Homage To Walter Lange), it becomes a unicorn, a legend from the start.

The most recent steel surprise comes from Patek Philippe, which at Baselworld 2019 released a new dress watch in stainless steel for the first time since the 1970s. The 5212A Calatrava Weekly Calendar is a mix of modern technology, classic style, and a couple of unique touches that help it stand out from Patek Philippe’s typical offerings, making it one of my favorite top copy watches from this brand in a while.

Patek Philippe 5212A: “A” stands for “acier”

The magic A at the end of the reference number stands for acier, the French word for steel, which rarely shows up on a dress watch by Patek Philippe (and if it does, it is usually for a limited edition).

With the new 5212A, Patek Philippe is reaching out to a very specific segment of the brand’s base that is always calling for steel options outside of the Nautilus and Aquanaut lines. Fans are usually appeased every so often with a small limited edition, but with the high quality replica Patek Philippe 5212A Calatrava Weekly Calendar watches you get a complicated dress watch underneath the steely exterior.

The piece is based around the brand-new Caliber 26 330 S C J SE, a reworked and updated sibling to Caliber 324 featuring an additional 92 components for a new semi-integrated weekly calendar feature.

The Calatrava Weekly Calendar displays the date, day, and week with a passive month indication tied to the week display. The weekly calendar is separated into 53 weeks around the periphery of the dial, allowing for the eventuality of the 52 standard weeks spilling over into 53 weeks (according to ISO 8601) every five or six years (on years not divisible by seven) depending on what day of the week January 1 falls on.

The day, week, and month display is rather specific and has a few nice touches some might find unusual on a Patek Philippe timepiece.

First, the displays are all coaxial from the center (minus the date window, though the date disk is technically concentric) with five hands/pointers emanating from the center of the dial. This provided one of the bigger technical challenges when adding the weekly calendar function to the movement design, and as the only week-displaying calendar in the collection has no parallel within the brand’s collection.

Second, besides the “Patek Philippe Geneve” logo and the words “Swiss Made” at the bottom of the dial, all of the numerals, months, date, and days of the week are in an atypical handwritten type font, apparently copied from a designer at Patek Philippe known for very neat handwriting.

Going further, the typography didn’t just copy one version of each letter or numeral, but instead it appears that every single instance is slightly different and unique as if the entire dial was truly handwritten.

The details extend to the elongated hook of the 1s and crossbar on the 7s (the typical depiction of the numeral 7 in Europe), which add the human touch and turn the 5212A into something that feels utterly personal while remaining very technical.

It is something akin to a vintage instrument, one finished by hand as a proof of concept. Given that every Patek Philippe is so carefully considered and precisely executed, the loose style of this dial is kind of fun.

The case style is a definite throwback to the Patek Philippe Calatrava Reference 2512 fake watches with Swiss movements from 1955, which was an oversized 46 mm unique piece featuring the same uncommon stepped lugs extending over the central case band to meet the bezel.

Updates and advances

The new 5212A takes the shape and reduces it to a more ideal 40 mm. Interestingly, unlike most pieces from other brands, the 5212A (along with a variety of other models from Patek Philippe) features a snap-on case back rather than a more common screw-down or threaded case back.

This is a very classic design that many have gotten away from, especially for higher end pieces, even though it can be a very secure case closure method.

This keeps the case to a very minimal three main pieces, a clean and simple construction that avoids the pitfalls of many modern designs that end up utilizing sometimes dozens of parts. The 5212A does have two corrector pushers on the left side of the case for the calendar, but otherwise the cold-forged case is reminiscent of the basic cases from the mid-twentieth century.

Despite its vintage appearance, the movement on the inside is anything but.

Caliber 26 330 S C J SE is completely new (though based on Caliber 324) and has used a healthy dose of know-how and technology to increase functionality and reliability of the movement.

The automatic winding mechanism has been overhauled, starting from a more secure nut holding the rotor instead of a simple screw; a spiral spring on the click wheel for smooth and adjustment-free ratcheting; the addition of an uncoupling reduction wheel with integrated clutch for the ability to manually wind the barrel; and a similar uncoupling wheel with a unidirectional clutch.

There is a patent pending for the uncoupling clutches as well as patents for a few features in the weekly calendar mechanism.

The 24-hour day-of-the week mechanism features a unique sprung advancing finger, and the jumping week mechanism is driven by two seven-finger star wheels with an extra-long finger on the second wheel.

It’s a very clever mechanism that provides a lot of movement with very simple systems that work together smoothly. Sometimes mechanisms can be overly complicated, but these show a dedication to keeping complexity as minimal as possible.

Other improvements continue with the main gear train. In earlier calibers the second hand used a friction spring to prevent chatter in the pinion, but this caused a loss of energy and reduced balance inertia.

This has been solved by replacing the third wheel with an anti-backlash wheel with delicately split sprung teeth. The wheel is gold-plated nickel phosphorous produced using LIGA micro-fabrication as the spring blade for each tooth is only 0.02 mm thick, much too small for any other fabrication process.

A stop-seconds (hacking) lever has been added as well and is the same design that has been implemented in many other calibers in recent years. The delicate lever presses against the smooth outer surface of the balance, stopping it in its tracks to allow precise time setting, but also allowing the balance to continue on with its momentum upon release because it stops it mid-oscillation.

All of these improvements, along with the Patek Philippe quality, make for an extremely reliable and rock-solid automatic movement.

When you combine the engineering inside and the more playful, vintage-inspired design on the outside, you have the recipe for a memorable watch. Then, when you add a stainless steel case – a rarity for Patek Philippe to begin with – you are left with a serious contender for one of the best calendar replica watches for men available.

As someone regularly focusing on the avant-garde, ultra-modern, sci-fi-like pieces of the watch world, this 5212A Calatrava Weekly Calendar surprised the heck out of me.

Sort of like with Rolex, I am never expecting too much outside the norm from Patek Philippe: the brand always delivers a very well-polished yet relatively sober collection that I find very, very nice, yet often falls just short of breathtaking.

I get really excited about the odd and unusual, so it makes sense.

Yet with the 5212A I did a double and then triple take as I found this watch to be not only modest and practical (thank you, stainless steel) but also beautiful and fun. It feels more open and unrestricted, something that can’t always be said for the very deliberate designs from Patek Philippe.

The Calatrava Weekly Calendar just makes sense as a great watch.

The combination of style, material, and engineering from Patek Philippe is always top notch, but sometimes it lacks frivolity. This piece displays that in spades, noting that people actually like to wear 1:1 China super clone watches. A stainless steel weekly calendar is a super useful timepiece for someone looking to buy into Patek Philippe but still get real use out of a stylish dress watch.

I really appreciate this, and even though it is still way outside my price range, it represents what I would hope to see from the brand that holds one of the coveted “Holy Trinity” positions within the industry. Patek Philippe made a gem with the 5212A, and I’m excited to see if it becomes a trend moving forward!

While we wait to see, let’s break it down!

Wowza Factor * 9.4 The wow comes almost entirely from the fact it is a steel dress watch from Patek Philippe!
Late Night Lust Appeal * 94» 921.825m/s2 A full calendar watch in stainless steel from Patek Philippe would have any collector pining through the night!
M.G.R. * 61.5 The technical advances aren’t lost in Caliber 26 330 S C J SE, it has plenty of upgrades that make this a pretty solid movement from an elite watchmaker!
Added-Functionitis * Moderate Having a full calendar that features a calendar week display is very useful, especially for anyone in business that works on projects outlined in weeks (like me). I would definitely recommend regular-strength Gotta-HAVE-That cream for useful horological awesomeness!
Ouch Outline * 11.1 Having old fillings drilled out before the local anesthetic has kicked in! If your dentist is in a hurry, sometimes that shot of Novocaine hasn’t quite kicked in and the drilling can be a bit much! Still, I’d happily take the quick start if it meant getting one of the 5212As on my wrist!
Mermaid Moment * A Calatrava in steel, with a full calendar?! A day you never thought you’d see, it’s enough to make you say “I do” faster than a feather in a hurricane!
Awesome Total * 734 First multiply the diameter of the case (40) with the casing diameter of the movement (26.6), then subtract the unique caliber number after the size designation (330) and the result is a supremely respectable awesome total!