How the best fake Cartier Tank took the world’s most stylish wrists

The watch collecting world has always had its favourites. The copy Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and the Patek Philippe Nautilus, for instance, have for some time been firmly established as the go-to for understated elegance – having a heritage and history that’s distinctive without being OTT. But lately, another classic that shares those pre-requisite qualities has majorly grown in popularity: the perfect replica Cartier Tank.

“People are beginning to recognise that these Cartier fake watches online have been thematic throughout the 20th century,” says Harry Fane, a London-based dealer who specialises in vintage 1:1 replica Cartier watches and jewellery. “They’ve been iconic, and they are fundamentally beautiful and elegant.”

The AAA quality fake Cartier Tank was first introduced in 1919, its sleek shape inspired by the physique of a WWI combat vehicle. It resonated with customers from day one – although it was made in extremely limited quantities for decades – but, until recently, the Tank hasn’t really been an “it” watch. Now, it’s becoming exactly that, with a newfound popularity also echoed by another classic top copy Cartier design, the Santos, which Louis Cartier, a grandson of the brand’s co-founder Louis-François Cartier, created in 1904 for his friend Alberto Santos-Dumont, an acclaimed pilot of the era.

As vintage and neo-vintage Cartier replica watches online have become more popular, their prices have been rising accordingly, especially at auction. Last year, a stainless-steel Tank from 1935 was sold by Sotheby’s for more than £200,000 [245,700 CHF]. A few months ago, Phillips sold a rare skeletonised 2014 for more than £60,000.

That surge in interest in high quality Cartier fake watches applies to less expensive previously-owned Cartier watches as well, which are arguably more aesthetically consistent with older versions than watches from other brands. On the resale website Watchfinder, for example, Cartier replica for sale now sits among its top five most searched-for brands, ahead of the likes of Patek Philippe. There, a simple stainless-steel Cartier Tank copy for sale starts at about £4000; prices for a Santos begin at around £6000.

Over time, the best copy Cartier Tank’s design has been tweaked in many ways: stretched out and narrowed on a Tank Américaine, accessorised with a metal strap on a Tank Française, solar powered and with vegan strap on the SolarBeat. Still, whatever version, a Tank is immediately recognisable. “Every iteration or variation revolves firmly around the iconicity of this unique watch,” says Franco Cologni, who’s written The Swiss movement replica Cartier Tank Watch (Flamarrion), an updated version of which is coming out in February. “More inclined to fashion, or more intended to resist the test of time, these variations – like in a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach – reinforce the main theme.”

The Panthère, which was first introduced in 1983 and discontinued in 2004, was re-released in 2017 with minor changes. “We just re-engineered the bracelet to make it even more solid, even more fluid, with techniques we didn’t have at the beginning of the ’80s,” Rainero explains.

And then there’s the Crash, a quirky high end copy Cartier watch that was first introduced in 1967 by Cartier London, during a period in the late ’60s and early ’70s when the brand’s Bond Street location spearheaded watches of its own design instead of just simply carrying Paris-born creations. Cartier London’s watches are certainly different – in many cases, like the Crash, the designs look like classic timepieces re-interpreted by a Surrealist – but they are also, somehow, unmistakingly Cartier replica for sale.

“I don’t think it’s by chance that they were born there,” Rainero says. “They are born in a context that is very specific: there’s a specific attention to the elegance among men in Great Britain. Also, let’s not forget that period was a very specific period for the world in general but for London in particular.”

Prices of the Crash have been soaring recently. Earlier this year, one from 1967 sold at auction on the site Loupe This, for £1.32m [$1.65 million].

Swiss super clone Cartier recently dropped an updated take on another watch that was created by Cartier London, the Pebble. Originally introduced in 1972, the watch shares the Crash’s far-out vibe, with Roman numerals that look like they’re being viewed through a kaleidoscope. Issued in a limited edition of 150, the Pebble has been updated with a new movement – the Manufacture 430 MC mechanical movement, one of top quality replica Cartier Tank’s thinnest.

A 1970s 1:1 Replica Cartier Gondole In 18k Yellow Gold

The watch department at perfect replica Cartier had a banner year in 1973 – in fact, the whole darn company did. That was the year that the three disparate houses of luxury fake Cartier (in London, Paris, and New York) began the process of coming together as a singular organization under the leadership of a new group of investors.

At the same time that major change was afoot in the executive suite, the Swiss made replica Cartier department was all-systems-go, putting some of the company’s most famous watch designs and collections into serial production for the first time. You know the names: Vendôme, Ceinture, Fabergé, Baignoire, Gondole, Ellipse, Santos, Cristallor, Coussin, Square, Tank Normale, and the Tank Louis Cartier replica for sale.
I can’t fathom a modern-day brand introducing twelve different aaa quality replica watches into serial production at the same time, within a single calendar year – and it’s not like these watches only required dial changes, or were even just multiple sizes of the same case. These were 12 different case shapes – and 11 of the 12 were made immediately available in either a small or a large size. That’s a ton of new SKUs to keep up with, and I think what they were trying to signal to the outside world was that cheap fake Cartier was ready to invest in watchmaking in a major way.

Within this glut of newly available watches, there are some that have become staples of the high quality fake Cartier catalog, while others that have gradually risen to the status of collector cult classics. Still, there are others that have faded into relative obscurity and are still waiting for their moment in the sun and a potential revival. The watches that have become staples are easy to identify, including the Louis Carter (occasionally abbreviated to L.C.) and the Santos (which I’ve personally desired ever since Stephen’s review, almost five years ago).

Serious collectors tend to chase the Baignoire and Normale, but today, we have one of that final remaining group of Swiss movement replica Cartier designs that is still waiting for its opportunity to shine. The Gondole (French for gondola) is a watch that easily fits inside the best super clone Cartier design language for watches – the case is squarish and the dial is white with highly legible black Roman numerals and blue sword hands.

However, what the case adds to the mix is what makes the Gondole special, even without it being over-the-top or flashy. What the Gondole brings to the table is just the right amount of (for lack of a better term) visual inflation, to evolve the case from a square design to one that is more of a cushion, all without turning too much into a tonneau. Oh, and who can forget that stepped case? Yeah, you’ll want to take a closer look at it in the Hodinkee Shop.

THE BEST SUMMER WATCH – THE CA SANTOS DE CARTIER REPLICA WATCHES FOR SALE

Summer is in full swing, and that got me thinking, what is the best summer replica watch? Both you and I know that one size doesn’t fit all and that everyone enjoys their summer in different ways. That being said, this specific article—the first in a new mini-series—will look at the perfect fake Santos de Cartier.


Are you the sort of person that likes to relax in their much-earned downtime? The type of person that would rather sit beside a pool drinking cocktails with overtly sexualised names than spend all day sightseeing? If you are, then boy do I have a fake watch for you: the newest generation of the best 1:1 fake Cartier Santos.

Why the cheap fake Cartier Santos? Well, for most of their holiday, the lounger can be found relaxing on a beach or by a pool. If they then want to dive into the pool or take a quick dip in the sea, it’s no problem for the AAA quality replica Cartier Santos and its 100m water resistance. Sunbathing is also made easy thanks to a double deployant clasp. This type of clasp allows the luxury copy watches to slip on and off the wrist with ease—because who wants tan lines or to be scalded by stainless steel?


Towards the end of the day, the lounger can be seen away from the pool, in a bar. Picture this: you—and your significant other—have been invited for drinks by a couple you met earlier in the day. You don’t know these people, but hey, you’re on holiday. How does the best quality replica Cartier Santos aid this situation? Well, in a room of potential Folex’s, you have something unique-looking, something that stands out.

When you inevitably run out of things to say, with the top fake Santos de Cartier, you have the comfort of knowing that the watch you are wearing has over 100 years of history behind it—making it a great and more importantly lengthy talking point. Further to that, you have a perfect replica watch that can be hand-adjusted and bought in a variety of case sizes—35.1mm and 39.8mm. So, when it’s time to wave goodbye to the couple that you will definitely keep in touch with, you can do so in style.
See why I would recommend the Swiss made replica Cartier Santos? It’s stylish, robust, easy to use and incredibly unique-looking thanks to its industrial-esque design—could there be a more perfect watch for the lounger?