Fake 1735 Grande Complication: Features, Specs and Buying Guide
The fake 1735 Grande Complication is built for people who are drawn to the most ambitious dial layout in watchmaking — stacked calendar windows, subdials and a moonphase all sharing one face — but who want to wear that look instead of keeping it in a safe. Each piece gets a layered dial, polished casework and a leather strap that softens quickly on the wrist. It is a replica, it does not pretend otherwise, and it is finished to a standard that suits daily rotation.
Key Features
- Multi-register dial with day, date, month and moonphase apertures arranged in the classic grande complication layout
- Polished 316L stainless steel case with a stepped bezel and slim lugs
- Applied hour markers and leaf-style hands with a clean, readable finish
- Exhibition caseback showing a decorated automatic movement
- Genuine leather strap with stitching and a signed-style pin buckle
- Scratch-resistant coated crystal with an anti-reflective treatment
- Splash resistant only — rated for hand washing, not swimming
- Delivered in a travel pouch with a polishing cloth
Materials and specifications
The case measures about 42 mm across and roughly 13 mm thick, with 20 mm lugs, so it wears like a full-size dress watch rather than a compact one. Steel is 316L, polished on the bezel and brushed along the flanks to hide everyday scuffs. Inside is an automatic movement with a power reserve in the region of 40 hours and an accuracy window of roughly plus or minus 20 seconds a day — normal for this tier. The calendar discs are set with the recessed pushers on the caseband, and the moonphase aperture is decorative rather than astronomically accurate. The strap is vegetable-tanned leather with a soft lining, and it takes a couple of days to mould to the wrist.
Orders ship in plain, discreet packaging with tracking, usually within one to two business days. If the fit or finish is not right, returns are accepted within 30 days provided the watch comes back unworn with its pouch and cloth.
Is the fake 1735 Grande Complication a true perpetual calendar?
No. The calendar discs are advanced manually with the caseband pushers and do not account for leap years the way a genuine perpetual mechanism does. Treat the displays as cosmetic and reset them at the start of each month.
How does it compare in size to the watch it references?
It follows the same 42 mm footprint as the Swiss original, so it sits similarly on the wrist and takes the same 20 mm straps. Anyone used to a 38 mm dress watch will notice the extra presence.
Can it be worn every day?
Yes, with sensible care. Keep it away from water, steam and hard impacts, wind and set it regularly, and wipe the case with the supplied cloth after wear to keep the polish looking sharp.