North Flag to be discontinued

[hyper jay]

According to the local Agent its over for the NF & now at a discounted price, but it only brought its down to what they where 18 months ago.

Edited by hyper jay on Monday 15th June 15:30

[Terra1]

I'm hoping not as I've been waiting for the shops to re-open to get one! Doesn't seem to be any info only about that but there has been older threads elsewhere suggesting the same thing. Maybe Tudor put it out there when sales are flagging?!

[hyper jay]

Email from the local agent received it this morning , now's the time to acquire one perhaps + 5 year warranty

[Terra1]

As in the Agent received an email from Tudor or the Agent sent it to you? I need to get mine from a shop that isn't open yet which is annoying.

[UnclePat]

Like others, I said long before now that I expected the North Flag to be discontinued.

And also that I expect it to be a bit of a ‘sleeper’ watch - being seemingly never that popular leads me to believe not that many (relatively speaking) have been sold; first modern Tudor with the in-house movement, first modern Tudor with a display back; probably won’t be replaced with another incarnation.

Don’t think it’ll ever make anyone a fortune, and certainly they’re not flying off the shelves now by any means, but it will be interesting to see what they’re fetching in 10-15 years.

I’ve always really, really liked them, but they never quite sat right on my wrist, or translated the admiration into ‘must have’ status, for me.

[hyper jay]

Terra1 said:

As in the Agent received an email from Tudor or the Agent sent it to you? I need to get mine from a shop that isn't open yet which is annoying.

The Official tudor agent sent me a email stating the NF will be discontinued and their stock of it has been reduced in price roughly £400 from rrp

[tangerine_sedge]

hyper jay said:

Terra1 said:

As in the Agent received an email from Tudor or the Agent sent it to you? I need to get mine from a shop that isn't open yet which is annoying.

The Official tudor agent sent me a email stating the NF will be discontinued and their stock of it has been reduced in price roughly £400 from rrp

If I didn't already have one, I'd be straight down to the shop to buy one. Great watch, I hope there's a mark 2.

[Terra1]

hyper jay said:

The Official tudor agent sent me a email stating the NF will be discontinued and their stock of it has been reduced in price roughly £400 from rrp

Thanks for confirming. Fingers crossed my agent opens soon then!

[FRG0]

IIRC I paid £2250 ish for my North Flag two years ago. It was from a dealer in Lanzarote though, I’m not sure what I could have paid for one for back here at the time but I think the rrp was about what it is now, £2850.

[AlasdairMc]

There’s one on leather in Burrells for £1950ish. I paid £1750 pre owned for mine on bracelet a couple of years ago.

It’s a really lovely watch, but mine has various knocks from not being precious about it and wearing it for most things.

[hyper jay]

Thanks for the feedback I have only tried them on the once quite a while ago .


£2450 on the bracelet new 5 year warranty etc from my local agent .I will probably be Hackett if I don't get it .Driving every one mad justifying it to myself

Edited by hyper jay on Friday 19th June 14:30

[hyper jay]

picked up a discounted NF this morning only took me a year to get one .Cant rush into these things ! I wanted something alternative to the heritage range

[tangerine_sedge]

hyper jay said:

picked up a discounted NF this morning only took me a year to get one .Cant rush into these things ! I wanted something alternative to the heritage range

Congrats! They're a great watch and totally under valued. It may not make mega money, but I think it'll become a classic.

[Wildfire]

I’ve loved these but never taken the plunge! May have to look into it!

[hyper jay]

tangerine_sedge said:

Congrats! They're a great watch and totally under valued. It may not make mega money, but I think it'll become a classic.

Thanks very much Sir my hand was forced its the right time to get one for me didn't plan on it being new .

love the bracelet very nicely engineered

[hyper jay]

I was going to use it for work non office I dont know if i can do it

[FRG0]

hyper jay said:

I was going to use it for work non office I dont know if i can do it

Wear it and enjoy wearing it. I rotate mine for work (non office), they all have a mark or two on them but non of them are making any money, in pristine or well worn condition.

[AlasdairMc]

hyper jay said:

I was going to use it for work non office I dont know if i can do it

It’s nice to see a pristine one as it reminds you what your own one used to look like. Mine has lots of rub marks and a few dings on the bezel, but it feels like a watch that’s designed for that level of abuse. On the other hand, I’m totally precious about my BB GMT due to its quite prissy finish by comparison.

[hyper jay]

I bet it looks spot on used

I was hoping to do get one pre owned and use it but the market for them is small it seems.
Cant see myself working on machines wearing it but wont be boxed up and not used either

[Jayho]

I do really like the North Flag and it get a lot of love. But it's strange, it's a watch with a lot of love but not the same amount of sales.

I went for the Ranger last year which I believe also got discontinued earlier this month.

My fear at the moment is that they're discontinuing both these models for a new field watch. If it ends up being a <40mm Ranger I will be extremely annoyed.