A post over at another forum moved me to start a thread on the Tudor collection here at MWF.
Hope you guys can share yours as well.
It used to be that Tudor carries the label as the "working man's Rolex", "poor man's Rolex" and I'll never forget my uncle's remark, "low cost Rolex"
But I think over years, especially the last 5 years, Tudor has really come on its own, coming out of Rolex's shadow as the daughter company.
(Re?)Establishing its own identity with the introduction of Heritage Chrono in 2010 (probably thanks to Ethan Hunt in MI:GP
), and a series of well received Heritage Collections & reinterpretation of Tudor tool watches ie. the Ranger, Black Bay, Pelagos, North Flag & Fastrider.
They have been on a roll producing quality timepieces that rival (even surpass) others in the same price range and in some cases hold its own against pricier ones.
As mentioned earlier, I truly believe that now Tudor has the strength to stand on its brand.
I've no intention to write down Tudor's history or its comeback story here but I always had a thing for Tudor Oysterdate Chronographs from the 1970's.
Never could pull the trigger to acquire a Monte Carlo (which now go for around USD10-12K!) but the later Big Blocks and the Oysterdate/Prince Date Chronos (pre-Tiger, tiger & post-Tiger) are more accessible and are of great value for money.
The fact that there are quite a number of them available with their wide range of dials, bezels and bracelets/leather straps variations, combinations, not to mentioned the use of Rolex's parts up till late 1990's for some of the models, makes them fun pieces to collect.
Here's my small collection of the Tudor Chronos (with the lone Pelagos), unfortunately they don't get as much wrist time that they deserve.
