Black Dial Super Clone Watches — Subs, Daytonas & More
Black is the benchmark. It is the colour the tool watch was born in, the colour of the overwhelming majority of Submariners and steel Daytonas ever made, and the safest possible first step into super clones — nothing dates, nothing divides opinion, and legibility is absolute. Precisely because everyone knows what a black Submariner looks like, it is also the colour where small inaccuracies are spotted fastest, so execution matters more here than anywhere else.
Iconic black dial references
| Reference | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Submariner 114060 / 124060 | The no-date Sub — the purest black dial in the catalogue |
| Submariner 116610LN / 126610LN | The Submariner Date, the default modern Rolex |
| Daytona 116500LN (black) | Ceramic-bezel chronograph, the stealthy sibling of the panda |
| Submariner 5513 | Vintage matte dial — where the language began |
| Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon | Omega’s all-black statement: dial, case and bezel in black ceramic |
The black Submariner is arguably the most recognised watch design on earth, and the black 116500LN Daytona gives the same ceramic-bezel package as the panda without the waiting-list theatre. Omega’s Dark Side of the Moon takes the colour to its logical conclusion, machining the entire case from black zirconium oxide ceramic.
Choosing a black dial super clone
On modern Rolex builds the tell is rarely the colour itself but everything around it: the depth of the gloss lacquer, the white gold surrounds on the hour markers, the blue glow of Chromalight-style lume and a Cyclops that genuinely magnifies 2.5 times. Vintage-style dials should be properly matte, not semi-gloss. For a Dark Side of the Moon build, insist on a true ceramic case rather than coated steel — the weight in the hand and the soft sheen of real ceramic are the whole point of the reference. As ever, ask for daylight photographs of the actual piece before it is dispatched.
- Super Clone Richard Mille RM 67-02 Richard Mille Italy Black Carbon TPT Italy — £2,699
- Super Clone Richard Mille RM 68-01 Richard Mille Tourbillon Cyril Kongo Ceramic Black – — £1,189
- Super Clone Richard Mille RM 35 Richard Mille Americas Toro 42mm Black Ceramic – — £1,189
- Super Clone Richard Mille RM 55 Richard Mille Manual Winding Bubba Watson 42mm Black — £1,189
- Super Clone Richard Mille RM 35-01 Richard Mille Rafa Cacbon NTPT Full Black 42mm — £1,189
- Super Clone Richard Mille RM 35-01 Richard Mille Rafa Cacbon NTPT Black Strap 42mm — £1,189
- Super Clone Richard Mille RM 35-02 Richard Mille Rafael Nadal NTPT Carbon Full Black — £1,189
- Super Clone Richard Mille RM 55 Richard Mille Black Bubba Watson 42mm Ceramic — £1,189
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Black Dial 116528 – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Black Dial 80296 – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Bright black Dial 126509 – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Bright black Dial 126508 – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Black Dial 126508 – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Black Dial 126518LN – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Black Dial 126500LN “Godzilla” – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Black Diamond Dial 126503 – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Black Dial Yellow Gold 126518LN – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Bright black Dial 126519LN – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Intense black Dial 126518LN – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Intense black Dial 126508 – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona black Dial 126519LN – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Black Dial 116520 – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona “Reverse Panda” Black Dial 116500LN – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170
- Super Clone Rolex Daytona Black Dial 126503 – Swiss SuperClone — £1,170