Even in those early days of watch blogs, when a lot of brands didn’t even want to put us on their mailinglists of press releases, replica Linde Werdelin was already a bit different from the others. They understood the influence of on-line media and were very early with having an on-line boutique for their timepieces. Not only that, but they offered a trial of a week (or 5 days) to have a go with their watches. An interesting approach to make people familiar with – and convinced of – your watches. Founders Morten Linde and Jorn Werdelin can be certainly seen as guys who do things differently, in the world of replica luxury watches.
Now, years later, the Linde Werdelin Mens Replica company is still small, approachable and have a strong focus on small production of luxury sports watches. They not only kept developing the Reef and Rock digital equipment that can be connected to the mechanical watch but also entered a new segment of watchmaking during the years. Where their early models were around the 4000 – 5000 Euro mark, with the Linde Werdelin One, Two Timer and 3-Timer, they moved ahead and started to make more complex watches in a higher segment. In terms of ‘complications’ but also when it comes down to the casing and dials of these watches. Today, the fake Linde Werdelin collection consists of the Spido family of skeletonized three-handers and chronographs and the Oktopus dive-watch family.
This Oktopus Moon Carbon is a perfect example for the modern replica Linde Werdelin timepiece. An over-engineered case made of carbon, skeletonized dial showing bits and pieces of the movement and a photo realistic moon phases disc. The fact that Morten Linde has a background as a designer clearly shows, as everything perfectly matches together. There is not a single part that makes me frown when it comes to design, everything fits, down to the brown rubber strap.
The layered carbon case of the Linde Werdelin Oktopus Moon Carbon feels very light. Carbon ensures that the case is very strong, but does not mean it will be scratch proof. Carbon has a relatively low surface hardness, other than ceramics for example. As always, the case is able to be used for the Reef add-on module for professional use under water. The replica Linde Werdelin Oktopus Moon Carbon is by no means a small watch (44mm (w) by 46mm (l) by 15mm (h), but wears very comfortable due to the low weight and the rubber strap. The case has a beautiful finish, which is a combination of satin, polished and microbillé finishing.
As carbon isn’t scratch proof, Linde Werdelin used ceramics for the bezel. The bezel has a satin finish on top with polished facets. The screws used to mount the bezel to the case are made of titanium. As the bezel is basically – besides the dial – something you look at a few times per day – or even more – it is a good idea to make it scratch resistant. I don’t have to give you the examples of the scratched and dinged up stainless steel bezels from the Royal Oak and Nautilus I assume. The case back of the replica watch has no sapphire crystal to observe the movement as you might have expected when you look at the skeletonize dial, but a titanium back with an engraving of an octopus. You will find an 18 carat rose gold crown (screw-down) to set the watch. Although gold is relatively soft, the carbon fibre crown guards protect it from being damaged.