Alongside flying and diving, driving (fast) is one of the most fundamental and seemingly endless sources of inspiration for watchmakers. Call them automotive, motorsport or racing replica watches for sale, car enthusiasts are spoiled for wristwear options, both current and vintage. There are only a handful, however, that have become iconic.
Those that have attained that rarified i-word status, you might notice, tend to have some common features such as chronographs and a motor-racing connection (not all automotive-themed perfect 1:1 fake watches are racing watches). Chronographs were especially pertinent to racing right around a time that watch design and technology reached something of a golden age. Those ’60s and ’70s looks combined with the adventure of speed continue to enthrall watch fans today.
Paired with a tachymeter scale, chronographs were used to measure speed in auto racing— and the sporty look has become an archetype of watch design despite that almost nobody actually uses a tachymeter anymore. The following Swiss made replica watches have influenced modern sport watch design in a number of ways and, though they’re not the only great automotive-themed watches out there, they define the genre today.
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Replica Watches
Year Introduced: 1963
While cheap UK Rolex fake watches‘ entrant lost out to the Omega Speedmaster to become the Moonwatch, it’s gone on to be the brand’s dedicated motorsport watch — and, of course, one of the most hyped and iconic luxury copy watches of all time. Much of the Daytona‘s celebrity is owed to it being prominently worn by actor Paul Newman, with its fame further fueled by record-setting auction prices. Whether it’s the “Paul Newman” Daytona with its very ’60s design details or the most current version — any is considered iconic.
Fake Omega Speedmaster Watches
Year Introduced: 1957
Yes, it’s the watch astronauts took to space and therefore an iconic pilot’s watch — but just look at the name: the Swiss movements replica Omega Speedmaster watches was obviously designed as a racing watch. And, of course, it’s just plain one of the most iconic watches of all time, period. That tachymeter bezel says octane all over it, and although the Moonwatch remains the one of the most recognizable super clone watches wholesale in the world, other versions (such as those specifically in the Racing series) are even more motorsporty.