Does anyone know if the fabric/ nato on the green gold model will be available to purchase separately, fancy this for BB58 OG
Does anyone know if the fabric/ nato on the green gold model will be available to purchase separately, fancy this for BB58 OG
I like the idea of a silver BB in fact I have searched high and low for a decent silver cased watch most are vintage watches that are quite small. The nearest I found was a U Boat one that was out a few years ago but was about 48mm so a big no for me.
I dont think its a matter of wear I think its the target audience of the watch. All silver watches I have found have been on a leather strap (Vintage ones) except for ladies watches. My other half has a few so I dont think its anything to do with wear I just think its about perception and silver watches on a silver bracelet seem to be on ladies watches, gents watches on a leather strap.
I think its great Tudor have gone down this route and why not? No different than two tone or gold watches your paying for something a bit different and this one may well end up on my shopping list.
I have an appointment to see one of these silver cased 58s. If I do go for it something will have to make way, I would prefer the nato but it has the leather strap
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I would have preferred the Nato too but the leather is good quality, the nato has been ordered but no price yet.
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Have you seen Stowa's silver Flieger?
https://www.stowa.de/en/flieger+klas...nitas+6497.htm
Don't quote me on this however I think I read somewhere that only one has been made (and reserved as per the notification in that link) though there may be another 20, something to do with acquiring the appropriate movements is delaying things. If you're interested then contact Stowa directly, their customer service response is spot on.
Didn't know they hit the streets so soon. Even though I'm not in the msrket for one, I might have to go take a look. I like the look of the silver model.
925 silver seems to be 25% more dense than steel. So for the same case you would expect the silver version to be heavier by 1/4th.
This is a very gross approximation. In reality the difference would be much less because the movement is the same and they are using sapphire in the caseback...
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Amazingly a 925 sold one eBay for 5.5k from a dealer in Scotland.
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From what I understand each ad has an allocation of one of each of the new watches and except the gold 58. After that, they are making a list and are not sure when deliveries will occur
QUOTE=M1011;5726060]That's a head scratcher. People seem to be walking into ADs and trying them on, anyone paying a premium either has copious funds or got carried away![/QUOTE]
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I cannot find an AD within 100 miles of me that has either of the new Chronos in stock.
Goldsmiths said today they had no idea when they would receive their allocation.
A number of independents have me on their list too, but very little info on when they will see the watches.
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Tried both on and great watches, the white is the pick of the two for me. Very tempted
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Interest, thanks. I'm trying to get a white Exp2 so ruled the white one out automatically as one white dial is enough imo.
I'm off to register for the Exp2 on Sunday so will see if they have either to have a look at. A lot of watch (and warranty) for the money indeed but an OP41 is 'only' £800 more.
The white does have legibility issues but honestly I couldn’t care less
I really couldn’t afford it but also really couldn’t resist it. Regrette rien
Can't remember if I've posted this or not but the thickness of the BB Chrono really doesn't look bad at all.
When Eddie was designing the PRS-9 he considered making a few (10?) in silver. I really wanted one but the cost seemed an issue, and he didn’t want to take deposits. I would have loved one, plenty of watches from the 1900s were silver cased and serviced. A pilot watch might be more suitable than a diver, but I can understand why someone would buy the 925 Tudor.
I went to view the white dial chrono earlier this evening, absolutely stunning watch and interested registered.
Interested to see more BB36 silver in the wild if anyone has one. Had my heart set on black/bracelet but now I'm not so sure. That chrono is a beautiful piece btw.
Had a look at both the chronos this afternoon, I have ordered a white face. The AD have been allocated 6 of each dial colour with delivery by the end of the year. That is fine with me.
I had a good look at the silver BB too. The dial and bezel look really good. Unfortunately too small for me. One thing I would add is the display case back seems a bit strange. The movement is hardly a looker and it is quite a small window.
The strap keeper is a poor effort too. There is nothing to stop it falling off. Normally there are two so the fixed one stops the floating one disappearing.
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I had a good look at the chronos this afternoon. The slightly slimmer profile than my now old version, is nice. The new one seemed to hug my small wrist a bit better.
I also had the opportunity to view the new BB58 silver. It’s really nice and looks considerably better than my photo. The dial and bezel colour really hit the mark for me. I totally agree on the display case back though. A complete waste for that movement.
I’ve got to admit I was very tempted with the white Chrono but have committed to no major watch purchases, while I save for something special later this year.
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Silver BB58 in the window of Micheal Spiers in Truro this afternoon at RRP, I was passing as I was working down there, did not go in, did not know what it was to be honest until I looked it up 10 minutes ago.
Looked cool.
Does anyone know if the other BB bracelets (22mm from BB 41mm/GMT/BB Chrono) fit the new Chrono?
Bloombarwatches have both the black & white faces.......................£6,900!
Mad, mad, mad.
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The BB58 Blue and GMT can be had for £2300-£2400 readily poor residuals. You can get 3 month old ones for this price so losing around 30%
I'm surprised at how quickly we've seen the new Tudors purchased by forum members...ie the fact the watches must have been in store ready for announcement day. I'm guessing you've got to be quick off the mark otherwise they'll get harder to find. I remember having to hunt hard to get my GMT and this was a good 6-months after the initial announcement for them.
Went to Westfield Stratford on Saturday...in the past it's been the best place to see new Tudors like the P01 in the window. None of the new models though. Was really hoping to see the chrono and the silver BB.
I have to say that I am very disappointed by this year's Tudor releases (and I say that as a Tudor fan).
Like the P01 year, this one has been wasted answering questions that no-one was asking.
Tudor never really did precious metals, they were the preserve of their costlier parent (apart from a few plated ones).
And the chrono variants, whilst nice, are a bit meh for me, as I get my chronos elsewhere and prefer Tudor for dive watches.
So we are still left waiting for a different GMT variation, in size or colour.
And for a different Pelagos, in size, or even with GMT
Or a third steel BB58 version, with GMT or different colour.
Shame.
Dave
A friend went to the Tudor store in Westfield White City on the 12th and had both the white and black chrono in his hands. Between that and the day 1 pickups on here I thought they'd be easy to get but apparently not.
I think most stores had a decent allocation for launch but after that it's unclear how available these will be. A post earlier in this thread said one store was expecting 6 per year but no idea re size of store, chain and if that's 3 or 6 of each colour etc
Yes that is true now, but the GMT had very limited availability in first 6-12 months. Not sure about BB58 but it seemed that way with lots of people on here posting about going on lists for it. It may well be the case with these chronos and latest 58 that in 12 months you can pick one up 2nd hand at a nice reduction :)
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I do, for sure. It provides the range with a tool-like credibility that the BB ignores for being a little dressier.
It extends the range, rather than repeating it.
I can see the model range increasing, they have taken it from 1 model to 3 so far, and have ignored it for a while, which is why I thought we might get another one.
It still features relatively regularly in Tudor's SocMed output too, which I would have thought would tail off if they fancied discontuning it.
But what do I know, Tudor (for me) seem to be ignoring some golden opportunities at the moment...........
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