UK Perfect Replica Cartier Paris Crash (1991)
When I saw that Elton John had a high quality replica Cartier Crash, I thought to myself, of course, Elton John has a Cartier Crash. It’s so perfect. If I rattled off a few descriptors – bold, expressive, surreal, born in London – they could apply to Sir Elton just as much as the Crash. Sure, it’s still one of the hottest watches in the world, but I imagine, as was typically the case, John was ahead of the curve.
Sir Elton’s Crash is from the cheap super clone Cartier Paris 1991 limited edition run of 400, a slightly smaller take on the Crash compared to the original London examples. Christie’s has an on Sir Elton’s Crash, but given that the price for a standard Paris Crash is about 2x that estimate, no doubt it’ll surpass that estimate.
Diamond-Set UK Best Replica Cartier Tank Normale
The last watch that’s included in the opening night of the Goodbye Peachtree Road sale is a custom AAA replica Cartier Tank Normale from Cartier Paris with 20 baguette diamonds in the bezel and another 16 blue baguette sapphires on the dial. The crown and deployant clasp are also set with diamonds.
Not unlike the Crash, the Tank Normale has been one of the hottest shapes in Cartier’s deep catalog of shape-shifting, especially since the release of the Privee Normale last year. But here’s John with a custom Tank Normale from the year 2000, when no one was thinking about the Normale (literally – even luxury fake Cartier never thought to recreate a Normale in its CPCP collection from 1998–2008).
This custom Swiss copy Cartier Tank Normale which means about as much as the points in that old show Whose Line Is It Anyway? Interestingly, the mysterious dealer Johnson on Instagram posted a watch that looks very similar a few weeks ago.