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Bruno Mars Gifted Custom UK Luxury Replica Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks to His Band and Manager

In 2018, after touring the stadiums of the world, Bruno Mars gave the seven members of his now-defunct band, the Hooligans, customized best fake Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. The watches were solid-gold modern Royal Oak reference 15202s, decorated to commemorate Mars’s 24K Magic album and tour. Accordingly, “XXIVK” and “Magic” are engraved around the case-back, and each timepiece spins a customized solid-gold rotor with each band member’s initials.

Mars also gave an eighth UK high quality replica Audemars Piguet to his manager at the time, Aaron Elharar (as evidenced by the skeletonized “AE” of the rotor). This one-of-a-kind watch wears a blue dial, rather than the gold dials on the band members’ watches. The current seller, M.S. Rau, a rarities dealer in New Orleans, recently delivered the blue-dialed Royal Oak to the Robb Report offices in New York so that we could photograph it and learn more.

As with any cheap super clone copy Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15202—which closely recreates the original reference 5402 of 1972 designed by Gerald Genta—the thinness, exceptional bracelet, and form factor of the Royal Oak were striking. My colleague (and preferred wrist model) Sebastien Laforest looked casually upscale wearing the watch with a navy polo and white jeans. Macro photos reveal the uncanny details of the petit tapisserie dial.

It’s a solid gold perfect replica Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, so it’s a joy to wear and photograph, as I expected. What I didn’t expect when handling this watch—as well as one previously belonging to Mars’s bass player at Sotheby’s earlier this year—was sadness.

Putting emotions to the side, however, we can’t fault the collectability of these customized UK online replica Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks, nor can we fault the timing of these flips. In 2018, when Mars gifted the watches, the watch market was just building serious steam. By 2020 the watch market was booming, and by 2022 it was off the chain—especially for Royal Oaks. It’s hard not to imagine that some of these musicians found their bank accounts hungrier than their sense of horological nostalgia. (One collector I spoke with suggested that Mars may have given his band these Swiss fake watches as a kind of nest-egg, though I think that’s a stretch, especially given the customization.)

Hedy Ula

Hedy Ula is a watch writer at UK Replicas Watch with a long standing interest in classic watch design, familiar reference families and the small details that shape how a watch looks and feels on the wrist.

Her writing focuses on replica watches available to UK readers, with particular attention to Rolex, Omega, Breitling and other widely recognised watch collections. Rather than simply repeating product specifications, Hedy looks at case proportions, dial layouts, bezel styles, bracelets, reference changes and the visual differences between older and newer watch designs.

She also writes about the original watches that inspire replica versions, helping readers understand where a design came from and which details are most important when comparing different versions. This includes looking at changes in dimensions, dial colours, bracelet construction, movement claims and overall finishing.

Hedy aims to keep each article clear, balanced and useful. When discussing a replica watch, she separates information about the genuine model from observations about replica versions so that readers are not left with misleading claims about the original manufacturer.

Her work also covers practical buying considerations and general watch knowledge for readers who want to understand more about the watches they are researching before making a decision.

Hedy Ula writes independently for UK Replicas Watch and is not affiliated with Rolex SA, Omega, Breitling or any other watch manufacturer mentioned in her articles.

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