Blog of Cool Replica Watches

Some people need to know what the time is more than others. Among them are divers, racing drivers, pilots, astronauts and, of course, yachtsmen. Rolex has developed a wristwatch specifically for the latter - the Rolex Yacht-Master II.
The first Rolex Yacht-Master was introduced in 1993 and strongly resembled the Rolex Submariner, except that it cost twice as much and was less water-resistant. Two years ago, the watchmaking company released the enhanced version of the timepiece – the Rolex Yacht-Master II. The watch has acquired a new useful feature for yacht races – a 10 minute countdown timer which can be set rotating the bezel and using the crown.
The movement of the watch has also undergone some changes. It still beats 28,800 times per hour, but uses the PARACHROM hairspring instead of an ordinary one. Thanks to this innovation, the Rolex Yacht-Master II is about ten times more insensitive to magnetic fields and shock-resistant.
The case of the timepiece has become larger –it now measures 43mm in diameter, which is considered rather large for Rolex. The Triplock crown on the right side of the case protects the movement from ingress of moisture – quite a necessary feature for yacht owners.
The bezel of the watch is made from very hard ceramic composite that is practically corrosion and scratch resistant. The colour of the material will not fade if exposed to sunlight.
The watch costs about $30.000 – apparently, those in Rolex responsible for pricing have decided that people who can afford a yacht can also purchase the Rolex Yacht-Master II.

Among all the watchmaking companies, Officine Panerai is the one for which creating diver’s watches is the most natural. The brand is closely connected to frogmen. For over four decades, Panerai has supplied watches to the Italian Royal Navy.
With their large cases, luminescent hands and numerals and water resistance up to 300 meters, practically all Panerai Luminor timepieces are suitable for diving. The only things they are lacking to become true diver’s watches are a rubber strap and a rotating bezel. This is exactly what the Panerai Luminor Submersible watches bring to the product line of the company.
There are three Panerai Luminor Submersible watches in the Contemporary collection of the brand. Two of them are nearly identical, differing only in the material from which their cases are made and the dial patterns. The third one, the Luminor 1950 Submersible 1000 M, is an entirely different story. As its name indicates, the watch is water-resistant to 1000 meters, unlike the other two, which are water resistant to 300 meters. Just like the Rolex Sea-Dweller, it is equipped with a helium escape valve on the right side of the case to protect it from water penetration.
All Panerai Luminor Submersible watches feature a rotating bezel for measuring the duration of immersion. The bezel can be rotated only anti-clockwise so that if there is a measurement error, the bezel will show that the apparent immersion time is longer rather than shorter than the actual elapsed time. The dial of the watches features the date display window at 9 o’clock and the small seconds counter at 3 o’clock. They come with functional rubber straps which will not be damaged underwater.

The Omega De Ville watches were first introduced by the watchmaking company in 1960. Within seven years of their introduction, the De Ville watch line became one of the most popular collections of Omega. These timepieces were the first to use a new revolutionary escapement - the Co-Axial escapement, which has been developed by Dr. George Daniels. For over two decades, the watchmaker has been trying to reduce the impulse friction in the escapement and thus to increase the accuracy and reliability of the watch movement.
Nowadays, the Co-Axial escapement is used in many Omega De Ville watches. One of them, the Omega De Ville Co-Axial Rattrapante, has two mechanisms that can measure the length of time of two different events. Another one, the Omega De Ville Co-Axial Chronoscope, features an unusual dial with three overlapping sub-dials displaying 30-minute, 12-hour and seconds counters. The Co-Axial escapement is also used in the Omega De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar. As the name of the watch suggests, its dial displays the date and month. The watch is the one of its kind capable of recognizing 30 and 31-day months. Due to this useful feature, the timepiece needs manual correction only one time in a year.
Unlike the above mentioned watches, The Omega De Ville Co-Axial Chronometer has only basic functions – it displays the date, hours, minutes and seconds and is perfect for those who like simple and classic timepieces. The De Ville Co Axial Chronograph is a modified version of the De Ville Chronometer which has three sub-dials at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock in addition to the basic hour, minute and seconds hands.
Besides the famous escapement, the reliability and precision of the Omega De Ville Co-Axial watches is guaranteed by the free sprung balance.

Manufacturers of luxury watches like to add the words “aviator” and “pilot” to the name of their timepieces, but it is not likely that the men operating aircrafts really wear any of them during flights. The primary function of these watches is just to look good. Unlike such timepieces, Breitling watches, and the Breitling Navitimer watches in particular, have been used by pilots worldwide throughout the history of aviation. In 1936, the company became official supplier to the air force of the United Kingdom and Breitling watches have been issued to pilots ever since.
The Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute is a modified version of the Breitling Navitimer watch created in the early sixties. The story has it that Scott Carpenter, one of the astronauts selected for the NASA Mercury space program, suggested the idea of making a watch with a 24 hour analog dial instead of the typical 12 hour dial to Breitling. The 24 hour dial was necessary because it is impossible to tell day from night in space. The company eagerly embraced this idea, and created the Breitling Navitimer with a 24 hour dial which the astronaut wore during the space flight in 1962. Later on, Breitling kept producing this version of the timepiece under the name “Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute”.
Like most watches meant for pilots, the Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute has a flyback function. This horological complication saves time by allowing its wearer to stop, reset and restart the chronograph with a single push of the button. There are plenty of the Navitimer Cosmonaute versions to choose from. The watches come with dials in black and silver and sub-dials in silver, black and golden. The cases of the watch are also available in different versions – in red or yellow gold and stainless steel.