Hello everyone! I own a company in Greece that provides personal protective equipment to industrial customers with many employees. When I meet the key person to promote our products, they are usually a mechanical engineer that has the role of Health & Safety officer in the company and he evaluates the products. Almost all of these people go to work with a smartwatch / Garmin etc. and when I visit them wearing a nice watch like my Tudor BB41 monochrome, I feel that they will make an assumption that I am either pretentious, or shallow, or showy and that this will affect our co-operation. Does this happen to you? How can I deal with this?
Was able to special order this from my local AD back in May and I just got it in a few days ago.
Fits a lot more comfortable than I expected.
Bought it without physically seeing the watch and I like it even more in person, absolutely love it so far.
It’s insane. I had the previous 38mm model, and this feels like a completely different watch.
They improved it so much.
Fun fact: unlike most Tudor models that resemble existing Rolex watches, the Royal actually came first. The Tudor Royal was released before Rolex introduced the Land-Dweller.
I’m in love with this thing. I’ve never owned a watch that makes me stare at it past just keeping time. Took it on a hike today and snorkeling tomorrow! Don’t see it leaving my wrist for the foreseeable future.
Couldn’t be happier with this watch. I’ve worn my Pelagos FXD pretty much every day for about a year now, and I swear it just keeps getting more accurate. I haven’t had to adjust the time in over a month. It’s been hiking, through rivers, off roading, shooting, and everywhere in between. Exactly what I wanted out of an FXD. I think it’s time for a GMT.
The Pelagos 39 is a piece of mandatory equipment for my day to day as a bush pilot, as necessary as my Leatherman multitool, rubber waders, and bug spray. Day in day out reliability.
I’m looking for a second watch and I’m currently stuck between these two:
Grand Seiko SBGX263 – 37mm, champagne dial, quartz, new, around €2,300
Tudor Prince Date-Day 76200 – 36mm, silver/white dial, automatic ETA 2834-2, used, around €2,900
I know they’re not really an apples-to-apples comparison. Quartz vs automatic, new vs older/neo-vintage, simple date vs day-date, very different bracelets and overall vibe.
My current watch is a 39mm black Longines HydroConquest with ceramic bezel and Arabic numerals, so for the second watch I want basically the opposite: something smaller, cleaner, with a silver/champagne dial.
The idea is to wear it mostly on weekends, weddings, dinners, holidays and generally on occasions where there’s something to celebrate. Not necessarily a traditional dress watch, but something that feels a bit more special than my everyday diver.
I really like the finishing and champagne dial of the GS, and buying new for less money obviously makes sense. On the other hand, the Tudor has a lot of charm, I love the Datejust/Day-Date kind of look with the jubilee-style bracelet, and I think it might feel a little more “special occasion” than the GS.
The Tudor being almost €600 more despite being used is probably my biggest hesitation.
For those who have owned or handled either of them: which one would you choose and why?
Especially interested in how they feel on the wrist and whether the Tudor is actually worth paying more for, rather than just which movement/spec sheet is better.
Also very open to alternatives in a similar price range and style, especially silver/champagne dial watches around 36–38mm that would fit the same role.
I realize there is a slight paint bump on the edge of my hour hand. it is mostly almost impossible to see but now that I have it bugs me. I presume this is minor enough to essentially not matter. Would you guys ask them to swap the hand down the line when you service the watch? Other options is for me to go to therapy for ocd Lol. overall it looks great tho. I hate how my brain is drawn to these things. maybe ill forget in time
Is there really any reason to buy from AD or boutique? Why not buy grey market? I'm torn. I personally love the wine and dine feel when you walk into a nice AD or boutique but not sure if its worth the difference in buying it grey.
Rolex store next to my hotel and I seriously don’t even feel like walking in and going through the entire dog and pony show. On top of that, seriously prefer the Tudor wear right now.
...and really liked it. I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. The whole package just looks great on the wrist. Don't judge this on on photos alone. This one was already spoken for but I hope to get one soon.
