Luxury Rolex replica watches could be divided into two categories for two very different types of users: the first is for someone who actually will use the Sea-Dweller for practical usage, underwater for great lengths of time. The second is watches for those men and women who simply want a huge, special, sporty dive watch from a famous brand.
There are dozens of options from major brands in the first category. Think Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, Omega Seamaster 300, maybe something from JLC or AP, even. The list goes on and on. These are all perfect watches, though I would say few have the permanence of the Sea-Dweller. What’s more, I would venture to say that is the very appeal of all Rolex watches – you just know that in 30 years, your Rolex will be just as cool as it was the day you bought it. As for others, things come and go, but with Rolex, you’re buying into a legacy. So of course, that red line of text might not last forever – same with the cyclops window or the 43mm case size – but you know the Sea-Dweller will always be around, and that’s worth something to the type of person who is sentimental enough to believe that spending thousands of dollars on a mechanical watch is a good idea in the first place. 
The other smaller set of possible users are people who are actual professional saturation divers and want a technical dive watch as a backup. For this crowd, the competition comes from the likes of the fake IWC Aquatimer 2000 and the replica Omega PloProf – both perfect fake watches from major brands rated to the same depth or even deeper than the Sea-Dweller. Besides, neither feel like they have the permanence of the Sea-Dweller, but they might be a little more funky and retro, and bright colors and rubber straps abound. A case could be made for any number of Doxas, as well, which have their own underwater history, and in some cases again are rated to even deeper than the Sea-Dweller. However, as Captain Barth told Jason Heaton in 2012, “Most divers prefer to wear Rolex because they seem(ed) to be a little sturdier than anything else.”
And that’s just it. The most severe competition for the new fake Rolex Sea-Dweller is from Rolex. It’s the outgoing 40mm and the one millimeter larger, but even deeper rated, Deepsea. It’s the Submariner! Rolex has such a strong offering of dive watches it’s unbelievable to see that if someone were slightly turned off by a feature or two of the Sea-Dweller, which they wouldn’t just turn to another Rolex diver with slightly different specs. I’ve even heard that there is a run on the outgoing because people think that will be a collectible – the last 40mm, cyclops-less Sea-Dweller. It’s possible, but I also know that the current Sea-Dweller 126600 is also a very popular watch at the moment, which is saying a lot for a professional tool watch with relatively limited commercial appeal. Here’s a quick guide on how the new Sea-Dweller stacks up against its brethren.
Now more than ever I know that the Sea-Dweller is just too big for me. 43mm isn’t the issue, and actually, I happen to think that much as the Datograph got better when it upsized to the Up/Down because the thickness was balanced out by the increased diameter, this watch might even run better as a 43mm than it did as a 40mm watch. It doesn’t feel so hockey-puck-ish anymore.
As a matter of fact, I grew to be okay with the replica watch on my little girly-man wrist, which more often than not is adorned with lightweight 38mm cases and hollow-link bracelets. But here’s where I differ from the Rolex advertisement above from 1964. As for me, this watch doesn’t belong at the conference table. It belongs on the wrists of people like Professor Picard, or Scott Carpenter, or Bob Barth. But not on me – it’s overkill on me. A replica Submariner with a jacket and tie is one thing – the damn watch is part of our cultural DNA at this point – but the Sea-Dweller is actually a tool. It’s something built to serve a very distinct purpose during a particular part of our history that was purposeful.