Are Tudor 1926 in shops yet?
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I’m assuming you’ve looked in the obvious places, but having checked goldsmiths, WoS, Watchfinder, and Harrod’s (a long shot, but they did that green heritage) I can’t find anything.
Even having checked Chrono24 only gives me a couple-of-dozen listings all in Italy...
Is this a brand new (just released) watch?
Even having checked Chrono24 only gives me a couple-of-dozen listings all in Italy...
Is this a brand new (just released) watch?
OGR4M said:
I’m assuming you’ve looked in the obvious places, but having checked goldsmiths, WoS, Watchfinder, and Harrod’s (a long shot, but they did that green heritage) I can’t find anything.
Even having checked Chrono24 only gives me a couple-of-dozen listings all in Italy...
Is this a brand new (just released) watch?
Yeah, they were announced earlier this year at Basel world and it said they’d be available in sep. Even having checked Chrono24 only gives me a couple-of-dozen listings all in Italy...
Is this a brand new (just released) watch?
guindilias said:
I like the look (in s/s) but my inbuilt snobbery won't let me get over the "couldn't afford a Rolex, so bought a Tudor instead".
Stupid, I know, but if I bought a Tudor I'd always be thinking I should have saved up a little longer.
It’s really your loss.Stupid, I know, but if I bought a Tudor I'd always be thinking I should have saved up a little longer.
The 'poor relation of Rolex' viewpoint is ill-informed.
It was perhaps justifiable at the inception of Tudor in the 1940's, and in subsequent years, when they were Rolex cases, bracelets etc. with Third Party movements - though that did not make them poor watches, far from it – but since Tudor's relaunch they’ve successfully carved their own niche, and quite a different one from Rolex at that.
If you consider their entire range, Tudor's in-house & collaborative movements are excellent, plus they’re doing some interesting & quite innovative things in areas like case materials, complications, bezel & clasp construction, fabric straps made in the same artisan place that supplies the Vatican & Chanel etc.
In terms of overall quality, there’s really not a vast difference between a Rolex Submariner and a Tudor Black Bay.
I do agree with you though that the brand power of Rolex is a very formidable beast to overcome, and if someone truly has their heart set on a Rolex they'd be better-off just saving to buy one and have done with it.
st33ly said:
You Sir must be a marketers dream.
I probably am... as I said, it is purely my own snobbery that leads me to buy Rolex (never new, though, always 3 years old or so to avoid the AD's even worse snobbery!) - the watches themselves are undoubtedly not the best built, Tudor may even be BETTER built - but I am a snob and that's hard to change!I blame my Dad - when he died, 18 years ago, I inherited his 1960's Air King Date - and have been wearing it ever since, along with a few other Rolexes I have collected along the way.
I guess I am a "pop culture" person as regards watches - I also have an Omega SMP with blue dial, another "Iconic" watch.
But I also have a fondness for very plain IWCs that your average Joe would never recognise as expensive. I like quality, classic design, and something with a bit of history behind it.
Take a S/S submariner, for example - probably the most common Rolex there is.
I bought one because they are an icon (of used car salesmen, mainly!) - but they are so common, and I wanted one, so I waited for a good deal on a used one.
I don't even wear it that often, I have a Sea Dweller (no Cyclops) which I prefer, and am going to put a new (aftermarket) non-Cyclops in the Sub, I just think it disrupts the whole beauty and clean lines of a Sub.
I don't mind modifying them myself , and appreciate that some think it is heresy to even open the case back- but I like my watches to be the way I want them to, and without waiting 2 or 3 months for them to come back from Geneva.
I also have a Casio F-91W, and wear it regularly - I've had it for about 35 years, and it is again, an icon.
I suppose the Casio spoils the Snob aspect - but except for battery changes, it has never needed a thing done to it - luckily, because they are pretty much disposable, but I like mine!
Nothing against analogue Quartz movements either - in many, many ways they can be superior to an automatic.
I just like my watches, and like collecting them!
Edited by guindilias on Tuesday 2nd October 18:42
Good response - there’s a lot to be said for knowing what you like, but it’s also beneficial to broaden horizons occasionally.
A family heirloom is a lovely thing to possess, and it sounds like you have a terrific collection.
“Quality, classic design, and … history” are all things I hugely appreciate also, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with collecting the 'obvious' classics – like the Casio F-91W, they tend to have endured because someone nailed their concept perfectly, and that’s something pretty admirable.
A family heirloom is a lovely thing to possess, and it sounds like you have a terrific collection.
“Quality, classic design, and … history” are all things I hugely appreciate also, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with collecting the 'obvious' classics – like the Casio F-91W, they tend to have endured because someone nailed their concept perfectly, and that’s something pretty admirable.
Some of them don't even get worn - for instance I have an IWC Portugieser annual calendar which is just too big a watch for my wrist - but I love the design of it, the weight, the visible mechanism - I just like the watch as an "Item"!
Maybe if I hit the weights (or become morbidly obese) it would look normal, but it's just way too big at the minute!
Maybe if I hit the weights (or become morbidly obese) it would look normal, but it's just way too big at the minute!
I like Tudors and have one. Anyone who considers them to be the poor man's Rolex (which I also have) is the sort of person who would say they would never buy a Cayman because it's the poor man's 911.
But...I really don't get these watches. They just don't seem to fit in the line up. They look a bit like the Longines my parents bought me for my 18th birthday in 1992!
Each to their own though....
But...I really don't get these watches. They just don't seem to fit in the line up. They look a bit like the Longines my parents bought me for my 18th birthday in 1992!
Each to their own though....
Edited by Dolf Stoppard on Thursday 4th October 16:29
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