Random Watch Thread #3

[Raza]

I know you were being hyperbolic to make a point.

For me, guess it boils down to how you define "entire lineup", even metaphorically. I wouldn't exclude models that remain in production, unchanged, for long periods of time -- particularly if they are iconic.


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I didn’t mean to exclude them, only ones that I either haven’t thought about or never heard of to begin with. If you look at the numbers, this is how Tudor’s lineup breaks down:

Black Bay: 117
Pelagos: 8
1926: 55
Ranger: 3
Royal: 70
Clair De Rose: 12

So nearly 50 more models in the Black Bay line than the next closest and as a total production, Black Bay variants account for 44% of their total SKUs.

Now, if you remove the ones I didn’t remember existed (1926) and the ones I’ve never heard of (Royal, Clair De Rose), and my perception of Tudor is that their lineup is roughly 91.4% Black Bay. If it’s unfair to remove the 1926 because I just forgot about it, that takes us down to 59%. Still an astonishingly high percentage of the line in the public consciousness.

Of course, part of that is my fault, partly because I don’t pay as much attention to the watch world anymore and part of it is the media’s fault, because they seem to only cover sport and dive watch variations (though in defense of the watch media, don’t get to say that often, Tudor’s other models don’t really cry out for attention), so maybe I’m still being unfair. But still, 44% of an entire watch catalog being dedicated to one line is pretty high. And I think it’s at least a little excusable for me to perceive Tudor as having become the Black Bay brand and little else.

[is that my watch]

[is that my watch]

[wschofield3]

Currently being crowdfunded by MD Watches. Not my usual cup of tea with the partial skeleton aspect, but interesting at under $400 US.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...19942202470776

[mlcor]

Currently being crowdfunded by MD Watches. Not my usual cup of tea with the partial skeleton aspect, but interesting at under $400 US.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...19942202470776

Impressive for the price. But amusing that they talk about how the dual balance wheel design results in greater accuracy when they state the daily accuracy is + or - 45 seconds.

[wschofield3]

Impressive for the price. But amusing that they talk about how the dual balance wheel design results in greater accuracy when they state the daily accuracy is + or - 45 seconds.

Didn't catch that, but ouch. I'm thinking they are doing zero regulation and figuring for worst case scenarios.

I know that movement is not a champion, but that is sick, and not in a good way.

[Kronos]

https://timex.com/products/timex-199...watch-tw2y0580

https://www.gearpatrol.com/watches/t...repid-reissue/


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[geoffbot]

Currently being crowdfunded by MD Watches. Not my usual cup of tea with the partial skeleton aspect, but interesting at under $400 US.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...19942202470776

I like an affordable watch as much as the next guy. But I kind of feel that affordables that look complicated or expensive like this one (or one of the many urwerk type popups of late) are just a bit... I dunno. Not for me.

[Cybotron]

[Cybotron]