Tudor Pelagos 39

If you try to convince us that there is a contemporary brand more successfully iterating a collection of already winning sports watches than Tudor, we'll have to have words.

Every year for nearly a decade we’ve seen one home-run release after another. Take the unexpected Pelagos FXD featuring a unique utilitarian titanium case with fixed spring bars. Or how about the Black Bay 54 with its surprisingly svelte proportions and charming aesthetic? The Black Bay Pro … the Black Bay Bronze … the Black Bay Silver … the list goes on and on.

Then there’s the Tudor Pelagos 39 — a downsized and simplified version of its professional-grade big brother — arguably the best of the contemporary bunch!

The Reference M25407N features a tidier 39mm titanium case with luminous 60-click bezel, sapphire crystal, signed screw-down crown and 200 meters of water resistance. Its subtly sunburst-patterned black dial is stark and highly legible and features applied hour indices, Tudor's signature ‘snowflake’ handset and four lines of text topped by ‘Pelagos’ script in red.

Powered by Tudor’s COSC-certified Calibre MT5400 with a weekend-proof 70-hour power reserve, this piece comes fitted to a fantastic titanium bracelet with the brand’s proprietary ‘T-Fit’ clasp. This example is in outstanding, lightly-used condition and is accompanied by a signed black rubber strap with titanium pin buckle, an extra dive extension half-strap, its inner and outer box set, books, and warranty card from March, 2023.

As far as we're concerned, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better everyday diver on the market right now.

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Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf created Tudor in 1926 for the everyman — for miners, construction workers and all sorts of tradesmen. For your everyday person Rolex was sometimes — and is now more so than ever — out of reach. It was meant for the explorer and the businessman, whereas Tudor was to be a different creature entirely.

In creating Tudor, Wilsdorf wanted to offer “a watch that our agents could sell at a more modest price than our Rolex watches, and yet one that would attain the standards of dependability for which Rolex is famous.”

Tudors were in many ways Rolexes in all but name, with the same waterproof Oyster cases and similar styling. However, in order to keep costs down, the brand used off-the-shelf Swiss movements rather than their own in-house calibres. What resulted were watches that were more affordable than Rolexes to the consumer, but still uniformly tough and reliable.

Today Tudor has certainly defeated any impression of being the redheaded stepchild of the Rolex family, and their current timepiece collection — as well as their vintage counterparts — are getting the recognition and respect they most rightfully deserve. From the colorful “Home Plate” chronograph to the complicated Advisor, these models often picked up where Rolex left off, daring to be more bold and playful in their design. And now that the brand has introduced in-house movements while still managing to keep pricing modest, the company is better poised than ever to win the hearts and minds of millions of new watch enthusiasts.

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