The replica Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5167 has been in the market for many years, I still remember that Z is the first watch manufacturer to make this watch, they equipped a Japanese Miyota movement in the watch, actually this movement is very stable, Z Factory also made a very good decoration on the plates and auto rotor to look like genuine Patek Philippe Calibre. Later, 3K Factory made this replica with a better movement, which is the so-called super clone 324, the replica from 3K has the correct case thickness, and 3K nearly dominated the market for the Aquanaut. However, whether the replica Aquanaut 5167 made by Z or 3K, the dial of the watch has obvious flaws, absolutely you need to check carefully to find these flaws, after all, with current watch-making technology, you can not tell it as a fake in a certain distance. About the flaws on the dial of the Aquanaut 5167, for example, the dial looks too black, the lume material has color difference on the markers and hands, date font thickness and other flaws. I admit that every replica watch has flaws, but for a super clones, the factory needs to solve the obvious flaws, even you wear the replica in a boutique, the sales person do not know it is a fake. 3K Factory made several improvements later, the Aquanaut 5167 from them now is updated to V3 edition, but a lot of people are still not satisfied with it.

About one month ago, another factory named BB appeared in the market and published the Aquanaut replicas, there are many colors like this grey, blue, orange, green and so on. BB used the same super clone movement as the Aquanaut from 3K, but BB improved the engravings of the movement, the engravings on the movement plate and auto rotor look much deeper now, this is a great improvement, after all the watch has a see-through crystal back, people can see the movement easily.

The most important improvement which BB Factory made lies in the dial, first, the dial color becomes correct, it is not black, but just the same grey color as the genuine watch. There is fine sunburst finish you can see on the dial, when you swing the watch, the sunburst finish is more obvious. Second, the lume material on the hour markers and hands is kept in uniform white color. Third, the printings of “PATEK PHILIPPE” and “GENEVE” are thicker, which are made to be the same as the genuine. Fourth, the number in the date window is thicker than that on the 3K Aquanaut, BB Factory makes the date font in correct thickness.

Conclusion

With so many advantages on the Aquanaut 5167 from BB, but I do not mean BB Aquanaut 5167 is not the only choice, the one from 3K and Z Factory is also very good, by the way, if you want the Aquanaut 5167 to be much better, I have another good option, which is buying the watch from 3K and replaced its dial with the SW Dial.