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Funny, the no-date is one thing I love about this and the BB58 - I like the symmetry without it and I never trust the date on any of my watches because I swap around a lot. Back when I only wore my quartz AR it was a much useful feature
There are some watches I wouldn't want the date on for sure, especially vintage recreations that you want to be true to the original, or a dress watch like my Grand Seiko manual wind. I do find it useful, though, and often go to check the date on my watch (half the time finding that I am not wearing one that has it). For a pure tool watch, I think I'd prefer it.
 
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whenever i have my no-date watches on i still find myself looking at the watch for the date….old habits die hard. I realise this is a problem with the wearer not the watch (and its not a deal breaker, i do have a few no-date watches…)
 
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So there was moaning when the Aquaracer went from 300M to 200M, but when the Pelagos goes from 500M to 200M that's okay? Seems like the ONLY thing that matters is the diameter.
 
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Pelagos was a rival to the Aquagraph, this is like a Aquaracer Pro 200.
 
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So there was moaning when the Aquaracer went from 300M to 200M, but when the Pelagos goes from 500M to 200M that's okay? Seems like the ONLY thing that matters is the diameter.

Did anyone really care about that? As long as it's OK to wear in the shower, most people are happy
 
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Did anyone really care about that? As long as it's OK to wear in the shower, most people are happy

Well someone must have moaned about it, surely?
 
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Well someone must have moaned about it, surely?

Probably, might even have been me. I mean I totally forgot the Solargraph existed so how am I supposed to remember what I was moaning about 6 months ago?
 
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Probably, might even have been me. I mean I totally forgot the Solargraph existed so how am I supposed to remember what I was moaning about 6 months ago?

Never mind, if you were moaning Michael will find it. 😜
 
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Black Bay Titanium
Looks good but what makes it a Pelagos I'm not too sure, other than the name on the dial, titanium case and square markers. Looks more like a titanium sub to me.
 
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Joyous news, dear friends - apparently there is a jumbo Omega price rise coming tomorrow. Hooray! Can’t wait to pay £6000 for a Speedy with a plastic crystal.
 
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Black Bay Titanium
What makes this a black bay? Snowflake hand and 39mm = black bay? Markers are different, case different, crown guards different, dial different, crown different, bezel is different. Still an obvious Pelagos to me, good to see Tudor expand the Pelagos line
 
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Fun fact: The Chinese released that watch already a couple of months ago 😗
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OK - Waiting for my :whipped: now… 😉
 
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This should tick all the boxes for me, ti, 39mm, decent movement, but Im just not feeling it. Maybe because I already have a beater dive watch (that I prefer the look of) and this is too close to the black bay 58 without the feeling of perfection you get from slipping on the 58.

Probably if I owned less aquaracers, I'd be interested

I'm not feeling it in black either. Mainly because I have the BB58 and Submariner both in black already. If I didn't have either, I'd probably be all over the this one. But not sure if I prefer it over the BB58, tough call, would need to see it in person.

However, if and when they release one in another color, that might be enough for me to get one.
imagwai imagwai
I like it and am "feeling it". I would certainly be interested in purchasing if I didn't already have a BB58 and my Squale 1521. If I was being super-critical...

I'd have liked a date complication
I'm not so keen on the burst finish on the bezel
I'd like it in blue

But the reality is, even if they added those things, I'm not sure it's a better value proposition than my BB58.
Well, it is Titanium, so I kinda think it is. If you didn't have your BB58 and the Pelagos 39 was available in blue, which would you get?

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I prefer a date over no-date too if I’m honest….. and just need to see it in the flesh. Just cant beat seeing something in the flesh and trying it on… ideally next to a LHD pelagos. Very quickly settles things one way or the other!
The LHD is still my favorite Pelagos in terms of looks, but the size of the 39 is better for me. I'd like to see this one in person too; specifically to see what the sunburst dial really looks like in real life. It doesn't show that well in the photos, looks kind of flat, whereas the sunburst on the bezel is more visible.
 
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I like this release and the expansion of the Pelagos line up. I look forward to some other colors in the future. I like having some slight differences between this and the OG. If you are a serious diver using this as a tool the OG would be my choice with my wetsuit and dive gear, but I am barely in a pool of water 10ft deep, so the smaller watch on my dainty wrist would be perfect. This would be like having a Sea Dweller and a Submariner in ones collection, slight differences to make it easier to sell to your significant other as to why you may need both.
 
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Well, it is Titanium, so I kinda think it is. If you didn't have your BB58 and the Pelagos 39 was available in blue, which would you get?
You're right. Titanium does add cost/value. But I still reckon I'd get the BB58 blue given a choice.
 
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What makes this a black bay? Snowflake hand and 39mm = black bay? Markers are different, case different, crown guards different, dial different, crown different, bezel is different. Still an obvious Pelagos to me, good to see Tudor expand the Pelagos line

Tudor's can do whatever. The hype machine will carry this one no problem, never mind the fact that it isn't a Pelagos anymore - yes it bears a cosmetic resemblance, but not on closer inspection. My Pelagos owning friend said 'It looks like a Pelagos that lost it's soul'. I agree.
 
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Isn't it a standard model? Are we queueing to buy standard Tudors now? Or you just don't wanna wait...
It's been this way ever since the OG BB58 debuted in 2018. You can walk into most ADs today and buy a BB58 now, but for the first few years there were waiting lists galore.

Not every Tudor is like this, but certainly the hot ones all have a waitlist as soon as they're announced these days. But unlike Rolex, it's not as hard to "get the call", could be a few days or weeks or many months. In the past year, I've been on a wait list for the BB Chrono, BB Pro and Pelagos FXD. I've gotten the call for all of them in a relatively short time. Except for the FXD, been on a list for that one at two ADs pretty much since it was announced, and have yet to get the call.

Seems many people call their ADs as soon as any new Tudor is announced and get on a list as standard practice. You pretty much have to be on a list these days to get a hot Tudor release. Doesn't work that way for TAG, unless it's a LE.
 
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