New leaked photos have just surfaced on Instagram. Fixed lugs, engraved case back, no date and fully graduated bezel.
WR looks to be 200m (?) so I would hazard a guess that the case is smaller and thinner as a result.
New leaked photos have just surfaced on Instagram. Fixed lugs, engraved case back, no date and fully graduated bezel.
WR looks to be 200m (?) so I would hazard a guess that the case is smaller and thinner as a result.
I thought we saw these photos a while back, there was some doubt about their veracity at the time.
Interesting. In the pictures it looks like there might be drilled lugs.
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Or maybe it’s a scratch!
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Strap bars are integrated with the case - interesting design
Yeah I know, was wondering if the end product ended up coming with springbars and drilled lugs instead but I think it’s just a scratch.
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I would be very interested if this becomes a new model in the Pelagos range
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Is the case size same as the standard Pelagos?
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I can't tell if I like it.
The fixed lugs will really limit strap options - especially for what I imagine will not be a particularly cheap watch
The fully graduated bezel is a really nice touch
No need for snowflake hand as Tudor have over done them by now.
Just imagine if they had done a Tudor Milsub;
Sword hands
Fully graduated ceramic bezel
Signature Tudor blue shade
40mm Titanium case
Drilled lug holes
The amazing self adjusting pelagos bracelet @20mm
I was one of those that commented on MWR about the first set of photos weeks back, which I did not think were genuine, because of the realky contrived strap and the square case between the lugs, both of which I thought could not be genuine.
It seems I may be wrong.
If this gets public release as a smaller size than the standard Pelagos, I may have to be in the queue.
And yes of course it has to have snowflake hands, they were invented for the MN, so to leave them out would ve totally wrong. When did Tudor ever use swords, or even last use mercedes hands?
I know they couldn't use anything else for an MN watch but for me Tudor stick the snowflake hands on every design, and it's now overdone.
My point wasn't how to tweak the MN watch but rather a reimagining/mash up of a Milsub but under the Pelagos brand, as the fully graduated bezel seemed like it was already a step in that direction.
What is great here is the no-date, and the removal of the recesses in the chapter ring for the indices - it simplifies the dial.
If this is legit,
The lug change is a no for me, the fully graduated bezel is a no for me, and the removal of the stepped ring around the markers is also a negative. Would not in the least be interested in moving on my Pelagos for one of these.
Like Sweets I poo pooed this when mentioned on MWR, I thought the images looked a bit too photoshopped. However it looks as if this is real and if so great. Not sure I would buy one from a shop but if an issued one from the MN came on the market I would likely be in the initial scramble to own it. Same for the Israeli issued Pelagos.
It has to have snowflake hands, why would Tudor want to reference the milsub. They did not make it and it has nothing to do with the brands history. I think it’s good that Tudor have gone out of their way to produce something like this even if I originally thought it was a hoax.
Still somehow "off target"...
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I would absolutely get one. Hope it is SS.
Looks very nice, but I’d personally prefer a date window.
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Looks good but I’d like to think that also had a standard Pelagos 200m with bracelet to accompany this MN edition. Also hoping that it’s still titanium and not steel. But the colour of the metal looks very bright.
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Really not a fan, just looks like a Pelagos knock off.
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Excited to see if this becomes available. And , of course it should have snowflake hands.
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I like it but would be more than happy with a simple no date Pelagos.
This could be a prototype, as alluded to, when the first images leaked. I struggle to believe that those fixed lugs are the final design. So I’m reserving judgement until it’s released.
I’d like to see a 39mm pélagos with reduced case height, drilled lugs and no date. Looks like we’re getting a steel pélagos with a simpler dial and fixed lugs. Classic Tudor enthusiast trolling
There’s no drilled lugs, the strap bar is fixed - as in part of the structure of the case, meaning no spring bars, which obviously means drilled lugs would be pointless.
I love the original Pelagos but have always held off because of its thickness. Not fussed about this version personally.
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I'd jump at the chance of a slightly smaller, less slab sided Pelagos without date, but not sure I like the fully graduated bezel
Still all seems a bit odd to be honest. Watch manufacturers haven't in the past worked like apple where a select few try out a new product prior to release. It's not like a watch has hardware and software that needs field testing. Usually they leave everyone guessing and work towards a big reveal, these days on social media.
To see this very unusual lug design on what looks to be a battered up 'prototype' just seems very out of the ordinary.
Looks like a cool watch if legit but I feel like Tudor have release 1000000 new models of late. Sort of takes the shine off some of their releases for me.
Much prefer the PO1 to this offering - if it’s real. The fixed bar set-up just looks odd. If CWC made a blue faced diver in the Monnin style case I’d be all over it, but this just looks a bit meh. Looks more like a micro brand than something cost a few £1000 months imho. Hope it’s not real as it’s a very pedestrian effort.
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I think it looks great. Strap change options will be limited but full graduated bezel in blue, dial blue ad what looks like titanium case. Win win win for me.
great idea but the snowflake hands really grate on me. overdone and sword hands would have been a nice nod to the Rolex heritage
Almost certainly not, but do you think that Rolex would let their considerably cheaper brand start to use all of their designs as they used to?
The Snowflake is Tudor's unique signature. If you don't like it, then don't buy it, that's fine.
Just don't expect them to be something else.
Especially on a blue-dialled MN watch - which is what the snowflake was invented for.
It would be interesting to see if Tudor ever consider re-deploying the Lollipop hand, another Tudor feature from the past.
My guess is that they would consider that to be too close to the mercedes hands to be usable.
I'm a big fan of the lollipop hand, especially on the 94010 after the snowflake handset was retired. I've read that the lollipop's use was discontinued due to the lume becoming unstable and cracking. It is a smaller area overall than the snowflake hand though so I don't know if that assessment is actually accurate.
(not my watch or photo)
It might just be the angle but the bezel looks very odd at the bottom.
20 round to 40 looks at a different angle to the rest.