closing tag is in template navbar
timefactors watches



TZ-UK Fundraiser
Results 1 to 50 of 51

Thread: Tudor Lost Its Sparkle?

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Master
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    5,451
    Quote Originally Posted by Linc View Post
    Not sure if my taste has changed, but it feels too big and too thick now. Previously it didn’t bother me as I have a relatively large wrist.

    So beginning to wonder if I got suckered into the hype at the time.
    Perhaps 2024 just feels different. Fancy watches make sense when times are good and life’s a party. I’m not sure anyone’s feeling like that just now. Big and bold watches in particular may seem out of place, when bargain hunting in Aldi or looking over your shoulder nervously in Soho. My tastes tend towards the subtle and easily hidden this year.

  2. #2
    Journeyman
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Location
    Mansfield, UK
    Posts
    51
    Have considered these in the past, but will play the long game with my Rolex AD

  3. #3
    Master
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    the Borders - Bonnie Scotland :)
    Posts
    1,392
    Modern Tudor? Perhaps, a little, but couldn’t the same be said for the majority of modern watch offerings from a whole host of different brands?
    Vintage Tudor is a different story [imho anyways] and they retain the ‘kudos’ they’ve enjoyed for decades now. YMMV

  4. #4
    Master paneristi372's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    Barrowford
    Posts
    3,145
    I think Tudor has hit a home run with the BB54. The rest of the range I find Meh 🫤 but the BB54, quality, classic, heritage, vintage, modern build quality,, great value. Perfect watch to wear and enjoy and not be scared to wear.

  5. #5
    Of the current range, I only really like the Pelagos.
    Andy

    Wanted - Damasko DC57

  6. #6
    Master sweets's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Bristol - UK
    Posts
    6,094
    I think they are doing their job very well.
    Yes, micro brands will give you more spec for less money, but this is a genuinely big brand, and Tudor gives you more than many smaller brands for the money.
    Personally I think Tudor is a master stroke for the Rolex company.
    Rolex have enticed people like Omega further and further up the price scale (and to be fair, Omega gives more new tech than almost every other brand for the money), but then pitched Tudor firmly underneath them, keeping market share from them on both sides.
    I do find it slightly frustrating that Tudor teases us all with better and better models each year, without actually producing the ones we really want.
    Of the modern Tudor I have had an ETA Pelagos, Pelagos FXD and BB GMT. The FX is truly excellent (and the only one of the 3 I still own), and will only be replaced if they do a true sub update, which I think they eventually will release, maybe for the Sub's centenary in 2054 or so.

  7. #7
    Journeyman
    Join Date
    Sep 2018
    Location
    kildare
    Posts
    133
    I had seven Tudor models not so long ago but am now down to 3 ,with two of those to be moved soon enough.Only one I will keep is the all blacks edition chrono only because it’s hard enough to get .I waited over a year for the panda chrono but sold it within a couple of months.

    There are hindered far too much by the big brother imo , features such as fake rivets on bracelets so that they look different to an oyster braclet , slab sides so that it’s not as thin as Rolex sports models .When I bought my first one which was the gmt I paid 4k for it , had an OP been available at the then price of €5800 I would of got that instead.Im sure some prefer Tudor but the vast majority will pick a Rolex now they are more available

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Do Not Sell My Personal Information