Reply With QuoteMuch prefer the North Flag I'm regretting selling mine.
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Can’t get past the hour hand.
Much prefer the North Flag I'm regretting selling mine.
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I happened to be in Laing in Glasgow today at midday, looking at an Explorer. One of the assistants noticed I was wearing a North Flag so brought the new Ranger out to show me. Seems a decent watch for the money but I didn’t get any urge to buy it. Next to the Explorer it felt too big and out of proportion somehow. The lume seemed more “aged” than that on my Pelagos LHD.
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Nice to see the snowflake hand and rivet bracelet haters still find fault.
I thought that til I saw this on the Ranger page:Originally Posted by wileeeeeey
39mm but the only picture of it on someone is on a woman?
I like it and nice to see no rivets on the bracelet.
The only drawback for me is the size at 39mm with it being all dial.
We're discussing whether the market prefers Sapphire or Acrylic, and in favour of Acrylic you reference two brands, Omega and Rolex, who make a grand total I believe of 1 model which isn't Sapphire between them (and that model for very specific historical reasons). How that's not a deafeningly clear signal of what the market wants is beyond me, hence I wasn't sure if your post was serious.
Had one set aside today but it’s not for me, so won’t be going to see it, I don’t hate it but it doesn’t do much for me and at 39mm I’ll only move it on.
I like it a lot. Nice clean design and very close to the original. I won't buy it because I'm unlikely to spend that much on a three hander and it's 39mm but that down to my parsimonious nature and slender wrist than any reflection on the watch.
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Mainstream "buying from new" market is offered limited options, but on models where acrylic has been offered, they've become the "wanted" pieces. Moonwatch and PAM392 etc.
Thats not the only market though, the vintage market is alive and well where acrylic is still king of the hill.
I suspect if heritage models were offered with acrylic or sapphire options then the deafeningly clear signal would not be a pro sapphire one.
I suspect that the mainstream market wont give a Tudor Ranger re-release a second glance.
Just tried the bracelet version one on in my local store. It was an exhibition item so not for sale, however I really liked it. My daily wear is an IWC mk xv (38mm) it didn't wear any bigger than that. The bracelet feels nice and the extension mechanism was a nice surprise. The dial is big and very clean, very in keeping with the 90220 version.
I put my name down for one.........so maybe a christmas present!!
Was also in the Bristol store. Lucked out as I didn’t know the Bristol boutique was opening today. I really liked it and decided to get one. I turned down an Explorer 1 a few weeks ago because it was a touch too small for me. I also prefer the printed dial of the vintage Explorers and Rangers. It also uses the same case as my BB58 blue so hoping I’ll be able to interchange the bracelet between the two. Seemed like a no brainier for me to grab one.
Will try and post some pics once work is out of the way.
The new boutique was excellent and the staff were brilliant, all seemed like genuine watch fans, especially considering they had to deal with a launch on opening day.
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Absolutely love it. Simple three hand perfection. Case pretty much identical to bb58, and size almost identical too. Diameter perfect tbh - Goldilocks sweet spot. One of the better reissues imho.
Personal taste of course but for me it is screaming to be put on leather so stuck a bb58 leather on it, and for me that’s the strap that’s staying on it
Lume is very good indeed and all plots are painted on dial
And finally a few wrist shots to show the crystal and how it wears. Wrist is 6.6” for reference.
Looks almost exactly like the original to me
It's me aswell. I probably wouldn't have noticed but now you've pointed them out it's obvious. Not good.Is it just me(I'm sure it is) or is the font used for the 6 and 9 kind of ugly? Look a bit weirdly squished.
Sorry, got to agree with t'others. Blockier and the hooky 9 and 6 aren't goodLooks almost exactly like the original to me
I wouldnt mind the little toy.
Watch is too big on my stick wrists.
Looks great rusty, will be picking one up in the morningAbsolutely love it. Simple three hand perfection. Case pretty much identical to bb58, and size almost identical too. Diameter perfect tbh - Goldilocks sweet spot. One of the better reissues imho.
Personal taste of course but for me it is screaming to be put on leather so stuck a bb58 leather on it, and for me that’s the strap that’s staying on it
Lume is very good indeed and all plots are painted on dial
And finally a few wrist shots to show the crystal and how it wears. Wrist is 6.6” for reference.
have a spare leather off a BB58 and will even copy you on that
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I wonder if that bracelet would fit a BB58?
This is a very nice watch having tried one on today. I’m trying to get hold of one asap, hoping the AD will let me have the one they’ve got in.
No rivets on the bracelet, adjustable clasp, doesn’t wear big.
Winner for me. Well priced too.
I like the t fit clasp and the rrp is good but from the pictures I don't think I'd choose this over a bb58. That said it could wow me in the flesh so will reserve final judgement until I've actually seen one in the flesh.
Fauxtina = hard pass for me
Just put that bracelet on the BB58 already Tudor – the clasp is the only thing stopping me from buying one today!
Had to pass, definitely one for the Ranger fanboys and a great value premium field watch for those who enjoy that look.
If that bracket fits a 58 it would make the BB58 perfect!
Surely that's got to be on the cards once they've used up all the current bracelet stock. It would make the bb58 blue perfect imo.
I’m sure one of the early owners will be a 58 owner and all will be revealed.
The tudor ranger. More explorer than the rolex explorer
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nice except the dial looks very ...childish.
David
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Premium brands fit Sapphire because that's what the majority of customers want, end of story. Why on earth would they do it otherwise? Sorry but you both have taken a truly bizarre stance to claim the market wants acrylic when it's so blatantly not the case, and pointing at a handful of 1016's against the millions of watches that get sold every year is just absurd.
I'm by no means saying individuals can't have their own preferences. Of course vintage watches of a different era are going to reflect the norms of the time, but in 2022 the market demand for Sapphire is beyond reasonable doubt.
You are conflating two points. I would prefer this watch to have a domed acrylic and to be even more closely align with the original…but this doesn’t mean I prefer every modern watch to be acrylic, obviously that would be very absurd and bizarre as you put it.
Having said that, Tudor have done a good job overall, I like the domed sapphire which mimics the acrylic, initially looked like flat sapphire in leaked photos. Hopefully that clears things up for you, let’s not stress, overall a nice release from Tudor that would do very well.
I’ve been saying for years, ever since selling my Heritage Ranger, that Tudor are really missing a trick with that watch. Even more so after Rolex discontinued the 39mm Explorer. My wishes for the Ranger were always most importantly for it to have a bracelet with fitted end links, and to be shrunken in size to make the dial less of a dinner plate.
Bonuses were to get a more flush crown instead of the BB style tube, straight line text and of course a new movement - and they did all this too. The T-Fit clasp is the cherry on the cake. For me they couldn’t haven’t designed this watch better, it’s like they’ve read every post I’ve made about the watch! I was promising myself to steer off watches, haven’t bought one in a quite a while now but there’s no way I can’t but this. I doubt there’ll be the hype levels over this that there were over the BB58 and Pro, so hopefully will be able to pick one up fairly soon.
I really hope so, as I agree with everything you have said and really want one. I am waiting for my AD to tell me when I can have one. I have both explorers the 36 and 39 but could happily let both go and be content with the Ranger.
It’s not for me, I think 39mm is too large for the design (a la 39mm Explorer). Although that may be partly due to my slim wrist.
Small details don’t usually bother me, overly. But I cannot fathom that hour hand, it almost looks like they ran out of lume and therefore stopped half way.
The more I see it the more I'm warming to it, but also the more I think it's similar to the smiths commando which is even better looking.
If you wanted a one watch collection: 3 hand, strap monster, good brand value etc it's hard to beat.
I’m the opposite. I hate hour hands that are almost same length as the minute hand - makes telling the time a pain if only having a glance. The arrow hand ensures if the hands are aligned you see it extend behind the minute hand too. Plus it’s exactly the same hand as the 1960 version
Or were you talking about the minute hand instead ?
I’m not conflating points, I’m sticking to the original discussion, which was a debate on whether they would sell more with Acrylic or Sapphire. The market is clear that it wants Sapphire. I have no qualms with you having a personal preference at all, but that wasn’t the topic of the discussion.
You made the point that acrylic will not sell for this watch which you argued was because most watches are sapphire, that is conflating. I’m merely saying I prefer this to be a domed acrylic to sapphire as a personal preference. I don’t really care what the market wants, if that makes sense?
Didn't Eddie settle this argument?
Multiple users here requested an acryllic version of a Smiths watch (can't remember which), so it was made.
And it only sold in very small numbers.
This is what the first Ranger re-issue should have been. I sort of love it and would be very tempted but I have just bought Crouchy's Serica - a totally different price range of course, but a very similar watch in many ways. There is always a little niggle though, I get the various viewpoints but for me I note that this version does not have the drilled lugs and I can see that this works better with the modern style bracelet. That is, if Tudor had one with the rivet style bracelet from the Black Bay 58 (perhaps the 'cheaper' option for them anyway?) then drilled lugs would have absolutely looked and felt right. BUT, if you are not going to go the whole retro re-siiue route then why have aged lume? This could have been a complete departure from the previous version by having the modern case and bracelet and keeping consistent with a modern lume too...
Snap, my thoughts exactly, 39mm is too large for a field watch in my opinion, they look better at 36mm or under and the lume on the minute hand is strange.
This one is not for me.
There’s one flipped to a UK dealer already, the buyer didn’t bond obviously
Jacob didn't bond either...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394156216084
How are these going over list? The bracelet version is available as a walk in at my local EJ
It is advertised over list, which is another thing entirely. Hopefully some of these people will get their fingers burned...
Whilst I do like the pictures, I know this isn't for me. I find printed dials a bit plain and unluxurious for a £2.5k watch. I appreciate that's an entirely subjective thing though!
This!
Was in Beaverbrooks Trafford Centre this afternoon buying my wife’s birthday present and tried the bracelet version on and was told I could buy it. They have two and as they have to keep at least one in the window one was available to buy.
I love it! I would’ve worked out my man maths there and then to walk out with it but the colour choice of fauxtina is a little strong for my tastes. Something a little lighter and again, I’d have taken it. Everything else looked and felt great, perfect dimensions and a great bracelet.
Have to agree. One trend I will be very pleased to see the back of.
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