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    Latest Tudor Basel teaser really has me stumped

    With a week to go it seems a sub or bb58 with subdial is on the cards but the latest teaser really has me scratching my head. Is it glidelock, or quick change strap mechanism? Or is it rubber? Basically wtf is it?

    Surpassed yourselves in the social media tease stakes this year Tudor I must admit.
    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_nen-n...=18bp7kr6vf63ldoes look like drilled lugs? Which if true might mean NOT a bb58 case? But then it could be the strap joining to the clasp lol
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    Clasp? Divers extension/slide-lock sort of thing???

    They have me a little hooked! I went to my AD the other day and told them if a BB58 with date comes out I want top of the list.
    Same if they do a full size BB with date and coloured bezel.
    I wouldn’t even haggle over it!


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    If love to see a black bay fifty eight with date, but I'm not holding my breath.

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    I think they are trying to say that Tudors are designed by people who can’t draw.

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    I'm almost expect Hercule Poroit to appear and do the grand reveal...talking 'mes amis' through the clues. Basel world will be flat with out it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Itsguy View Post
    I think they are trying to say that Tudors are designed by people who can’t draw.
    I have to agree too. It's drawn quite badly even for a sketch.

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    Looks like a potential quick release system.
    It's just a matter of time...

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    It's a hint that future GMT issues will be supplied with a pencil and parchment calendar as a date fall-back...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pupp View Post
    It's a hint that future GMT issues will be supplied with a pencil and parchment calendar as a date fall-back...
    Love it


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    That drawing really is awful. I can't believe a company as big as Tudor would have OKed such a sixth form drawing study?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyRoses View Post
    That drawing really is awful. I can't believe a company as big as Tudor would have OKed such a sixth form drawing study?
    Agree, to have designers with that level of skills is already sad but to communicate as a teaser is really a shame.

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    Popped in to St. James for some spring bars today
    I did cheekily ask
    They said they did not know.

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    That one with the crown at four is awful. Awful.

    The dial and end parts of the strap make me think of this (which I'd rather have!).

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    Quote Originally Posted by sean View Post
    That one with the crown at four is awful. Awful.

    The dial and end parts of the strap make me think of this (which I'd rather have!).
    Totally agree - hopefully this is a hoax, otherwise totally tragic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pupp View Post
    It's a hint that future GMT issues will be supplied with a pencil and parchment calendar as a date fall-back...
    Ouch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyBin5 View Post
    With a week to go it seems a sub or bb58 with subdial is on the cards
    Have I missed the teaser where a subdial is implied??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hammond View Post
    Have I missed the teaser where a subdial is implied??
    As in the dial of a sub.

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    Ah ok, a Sub dial. Gotcha! To be honest, the more teasers I see the less I am interested in this new model / variant. If there's a cracking blue BB58 alongside it then great otherwise I may just go with the current 58.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hammond View Post
    Ah ok, a Sub dial. Gotcha! To be honest, the more teasers I see the less I am interested in this new model / variant. If there's a cracking blue BB58 alongside it then great otherwise I may just go with the current 58.
    The teasers have shown actually fairly little. What in them has you not liking it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyBin5 View Post
    The teasers have shown actually fairly little. What in them has you not liking it?
    The deep rehaut and the triangular quarter markers is the "wrong" period of vintage inspiration for me. And if it comes on rubber with deployant like the latest teaser suggests it could really be a mish mash of styles.

    Trying not to fall in to the annual pre-Basel guessing game but it's hard when I'm very keen for a 58 and desperate to know if there's something "better" coming!

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    I imagine a lot of people are hoping for something very specific and if it doesn’t materialise they will default to the 58.

    Out of interest. How quickly will the first watches be delivered after Basel?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuno1 View Post
    I imagine a lot of people are hoping for something very specific and if it doesn’t materialise they will default to the 58.

    Out of interest. How quickly will the first watches be delivered after Basel?
    If Basel last year anything to go by then late summer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuno1 View Post
    I imagine a lot of people are hoping for something very specific and if it doesn’t materialise they will default to the 58.

    Out of interest. How quickly will the first watches be delivered after Basel?
    I believe the 58 and the GMT arrived initially around late June / early July but weren't available in any real numbers until August/September. No assurances this would be the same. If it's a new case it could be longer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuno1 View Post
    I imagine a lot of people are hoping for something very specific and if it doesn’t materialise they will default to the 58.

    Out of interest. How quickly will the first watches be delivered after Basel?
    My AD told me late July if you’re on the top of the list.... which I am if they do a 58 date!


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    Same width as strap suggests clasp rather than case I think

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    Yeah thats true, I dont understand the barrel coming out the side of the clasp though.

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    Lol I think it’s deliberately in the roughest sketch form so you can’t read much into it. Dang there are some overly serious sorts on here.

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    still it could be a cut out of a cool sketch giving away nothing..


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    Quote Originally Posted by witti View Post
    still it could be a cut out of a cool sketch giving away nothing..


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    Chap over on Pistonheads reckons his AD has emailed asking if he wants to go on their list for the 2019 Tudor Submariner...

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    AD up here told me there's a submariner coming, and that the bronze BB will be discontinued.

    As an aside, he was also wearing a blue bezel BB with 'chronometer' in red. Only 9 ever produced apparently. Never even heard of one before, but with that sort of relationship with Tudor I reckon he might be right..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nuisance Value View Post
    AD up here told me there's a submariner coming, and that the bronze BB will be discontinued.

    As an aside, he was also wearing a blue bezel BB with 'chronometer' in red. Only 9 ever produced apparently. Never even heard of one before, but with that sort of relationship with Tudor I reckon he might be right..
    Brian?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 33JS View Post
    Brian?
    Erm.. I've left his card in the office and honestly cannot remember! Never dealt with them before but seemed knowledgeable and a watch nut. This was in Edinburgh if that helps.

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    Can confirm it was Brian. Nipped in today, though he's not in this week, maybe at Basel. Noted interest in a possible sub.
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    Brian?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nuisance Value View Post
    Can confirm it was Brian. Nipped in today, though he's not in this week, maybe at Basel. Noted interest in a possible sub.

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    Yeah, great guy, knows his stuff!

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    If they do launch a Submariner what do we think the RRP will be? Somewhere between £2,500 and £2,750? That pitches it above the BB 41 and below the GMT?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hocuspocus View Post
    If they do launch a Submariner what do we think the RRP will be? Somewhere between £2,500 and £2,750? That pitches it above the BB 41 and below the GMT?

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    If a Submariner is the new release I wonder what will happen too demand for the current must have BB58 & Gmt. It appears that the 58 & Gmt had an impact on sales of the older models within the range, suspect a new submariner could have an impact on all the other models within the Tudor catalogue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flasher View Post
    If a Submariner is the new release I wonder what will happen too demand for the current must have BB58 & Gmt. It appears that the 58 & Gmt had an impact on sales of the older models within the range, suspect a new submariner could have an impact on all the other models within the Tudor catalogue.
    There will always be people who want a BB, GMT, Pelagos etc bit of course the focus will be on the new model.... until next Basel world ...

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    They lost me at “pursuing a legacy...”

    Marketing numpties drive me nuts.

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    Right, please excuse a stupid question, but I’m here to learn. Here goes, what are likely to be the key differences between a Tudor sub and a black bay?

    Is it the change in water resistance, smaller size, snowflake hands and bezel that marks the difference?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bowen View Post
    Right, please excuse a stupid question, but I’m here to learn. Here goes, what are likely to be the key differences between a Tudor sub and a black bay?

    Is it the change in water resistance, smaller size, snowflake hands and bezel that marks the difference?


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    Until we see it we can’t say. If you looo at the older subs it is quite a different watch. Square markers, deeper edges on the bezel, crown guards on the case, potentially different hands, potentially more water resistance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuno1 View Post
    Until we see it we can’t say. If you looo at the older subs it is quite a different watch. Square markers, deeper edges on the bezel, crown guards on the case, potentially different hands, potentially more water resistance.
    Thanks - appreciate the response. I look forward to seeing what they announce.


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    What’s the official reveal data be time for Tudor?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OliverCD View Post
    I hope not
    They look horrific

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    I heard that they usually pop something on social media the morning of release. Sometimes the day before (according to my AD this weekend)


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    I guess that is one way to maintain interest in the GMT and BB58....


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    If this is all that is released, last years BB58 will be even more coveted...

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    Quote Originally Posted by OliverCD View Post
    If this is all that is released, last years BB58 will be even more coveted...
    was just thinking that & ditto my BB GMT (with a date function that has worked from day 1 !)

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    Quote Originally Posted by dandanthewatchman View Post
    was just thinking that & ditto my BB GMT (with a date function that has worked from day 1 !)
    Don’t jinx it!!!


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