Over the years, Swiss professional watches and their respective replicas watches have provided not only the timing devise but also tools of measuring precision from whaterver heights or speed. They are watches that can withstand harsh conditions and therefore popular among sporting professionals and those who visit non-human habitats. The most popular replicas watches are those that mimic such professional watches.

Replicas watches command a relatively huge market in the luxury watch industry. The annual sales volumes of replicas watches in the first world alone would be worth billions of dollars from thousands of buyers across the globe. This is excluding the even larger number of buyers from the developing countries. In some of the developing countries such as India and China, the manufacture of the replicas watches is highest due to limited controls of the patent or trade mark laws. Among the factors driving the production and consumption of replicas watches is the relative lack of affordability of the original watches and their limited supply. Therefore as long as the beautiful and high quality watches remain a preserve of the rich and famous, replicas watches will continue to be manufactured. This is however seemingly no threat to the Swiss made luxury watches; they have cut a niche in the market and have their clientele.