Through A Designer’s Eyes – Emmanuel Gueit Critiques 2024 UK Best Replica Watches Releases

There are some moments in this luxury UK replica watches life that are truly surreal. One, that happens more often than I ever would have dreamed goes something like this. My phone pings. I see a notification, I hit it, and it’s from one of the greatest living watch designers, Emmanuel Gueit. That’s trippy enough on its own. I mean, I’ve written countless stories about the man. And I’ve spoken about him ever since I first learned he designed the Audemars Piguet Offshore fake watches for sale when he was just 20. What a crazy claim to fame. Especially considering the folklore surrounding its launch – peaking with Gérald Genta himself storming into the Audemars Piguet booth at Basel to track Gueit and his seniors down and “let them know his thoughts”. One picture of Gueit is particularly iconic to me. He’s looking square at the camera through black-rimmed glasses, and – oddly – he’s biting his thumb. The pose shouldn’t work, but somehow it’s peak masculinity, peak style, peak authenticity.

The hits

Replica Audemars Piguet Mini Royal Oak Watches

“OK, the first one is the return of a watch I designed in ‘97, the high quality fake Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ‘Mini-Oak’ watches. I had so much fun designing it. You know, it was a quartz movement and they had the pusher to change the time. And I included the pusher into the fake crown. So it was very fun to work on this. And then I made some examples with diamonds, with a heart shape, with a teddy bear. It was a lot of fun. So I was very happy to see them back. What’s different about these is the finishing. They use this finishing, special finishing, I don’t know how they call it? [Frosted Gold]. The thing that changed that I don’t really like very much, is the thickness. I think it’s very thick. I also really love the sand gold models. I thought that gold was beautiful, and it’s not too bright and it’s not too yellow, and it’s very pale and soft and pleasant to look at.”

Fake TAG Heuer Formula 1 x Kith Watches

“Another hit is the perfect replica TAG Heuer Formula 1 watches. I am super happy and excited to see them back. I remember I had this discussion about this piece with someone from LVMH and I said: ‘You always have to remember who you are and where you come from.’ And TAG comes from a plastic watch. The first success for the brand was with a plastic and aluminium watch. When it came out,they made 600,000 copy watches UK wholesale a year. It was really incredible. This new version is a little bit pricey to my taste – US$1,600 is expensive for a plastic watch, but I was very happy to see this. It reminded me that in 2016, I did some research on Formula 1 and I designed a few different models, but at the time they said ‘no’. I was ahead of my time, again!”

The misses

Audemars Piguet [Re]Master 02 Replica Watches

“They have such an incredible historic Swiss made copy watches here, and I don’t know, they made everything wrong. The thickness, the size, the dial, the lugs, the logo is very big, and the crown? What did they do there, a Royal Oak crown? When this first watch appeared, the Royal Oak was not even designed! This was first launched in 1960-something and the Royal Oak in 1972. So I don’t understand. And they should have made it mechanical and hand-wound to make it slimmer. It’s a mistake to make it automatic. And if they must make it automatic, do it with a micro-rotor to keep it slim. It’s a big disappointment. The idea is fantastic and the original top China super clone watches is fantastic, but this could have been so much better.”