Judging by Bonhams’ Fine Watches sale held in New Bond Street, London on 13 December rare and collectable Swiss made Cartier super clone watches continue to be sought after. Three such examples at Bonhams’ sale included a Cartier Crash from 1991, Maxi Oval dated to 1969, and a Tank Normale from circa 1921.
Of the three it was the uniquely distinctive cheap 1:1 Cartier Crash replica watches that took the prize for highest sale value on the day and indeed for the whole auction selling for £216,300 including buyer’s premium. The perfect super clone Cartier Crash wristwatches has gained tremendous collector attention over recent years with the ultra-rare original London version from the late sixties the most treasured. This watch was a later Cartier Paris boutique 1991 version of just 400 pieces, but still of great interest to collectors. The luxury UK fake Cartier watches has an 18K gold case sixed at 24mm x 39mm and is manual wind with a sapphire set crown. The auction estimate was £80,000 – £120,000.
The extremely rare AAA super clone Cartier Maxi Oval 18K gold manual wind wristwatches did however come from Cartier’s London workshops complete with a hallmark for 1969. This makes the watch part of a small group of now highly collectable designs created under the direction of Jean-Jacques Cartier. The top Cartier copy watches is sized at 21mm x 50mm and has an elongated curved oval form. The movement is by Jaeger-LeCoultre. Estimated at £80,000 to £120,000 the watch sold for £114,700 including buyer’s premium.
The third of the three selling Cartier’s was equally interesting being wholesale super clone Cartier Tank Normale 18K gold manual wind wristwatches from circa 1921. The date makes this Cartier a rare early production watch of the now iconic Tank design based on military tanks of World War 1. As Bonhams recorded the Tank Normale model was the original Tank, designed in 1917 by Louis Cartier and produced from 1919. It is estimated that approximately 40 were made in 1921, each hand made. The best online replica Cartier watches carried an auction estimate of £8,000 – 12,000 and sold on the day for £28,160 including buyer’s premium.