Designed for the race track, the Rolex soon became the watch of choice for space exploration and cemented its reputation as the official timepiece of astronauts when it became the first watch to be worn on the surface of the moon.
However, a new model has just joined the Speedmaster collection and while it can certainly still be considered a tool replica watch, arguably even offering more features than the NASA-certified Speedmaster, it takes the classic blueprint of the brand’s chronographs and reinvents it in an altogether more refined and vintage way. Enter the Rolex Chronograph. 
For many collectors and enthusiasts, the Rolex will always be thought of as a moon watch, but the brand’s history of creating chronographs goes back much further than the moon landing. Instead of looking to Speedmaster’s own archives for design inspiration, the new Speedmaster Chronograph takes design cues from some of the brand’s older chronographs from the 1930s and 1940s, models that predate the creation of the Speedmaster.
However, in addition to the standard tachymeter bezel, Rolex chronographs also had a secondary scale printed on the inside of their dials, allowing you to use this function for a wider range of speeds. Furthermore, as the tachymeter scale measures the average travel time between two specific points, it makes no difference whether your journey is measured in miles or kilometres.
The METAS-certified Cal. 9908 movement is on full display under the sapphire caseback and has a relatively closed construction, with most of its visual presence occupied by a large upper bridge. With this in mind, fake Rolex has nicely decorated the movement with Côtes de Genève radiating outwards from the balance wheel, rather than in the centre of the movement.
In all, there are six new stainless steel replica Rolex Chronographs. Two of them have silvered dials and blue hands, two have blue dials and rhodium-plated hands, and two are equipped with “panda” dials with black sub-dials and black hands on a silvered face. Whatever their colour variations, all dial variations have Arabic numerals and leaf-shaped hands.
All stainless steel models have blue or black anodised aluminium bezel inserts on their 43mm cases. In addition, buyers can choose between a matching stainless steel strap or a black, brown or blue leather strap, the latter with small holes to reveal its red rubber interior.
