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Legality of the item is a grey area.
No, it's pretty clear. Bottom line: If a product carrying a company's trademarked logo/IP was not produced by that company, or under license/permission by that company (such as the Tag Monaco in the OP), it is counterfeit.
Selling (trafficking) counterfeit goods is illegal, even if it is disclosed that they are "replicas". The only grey area is that it's not illegal to buy counterfeit goods, as the buyer is seen as the "victim" in most cases.
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OP clearly has a replica, it's similar in appearance but has several obvious visual differences but it does appear to use Tag branding which makes it legal to sell even though it infringes on Tags brand IP.
No. See above.
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