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Title: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: danny on February 28, 2014, 10:18:34 PM
To all Tudor fans out there, the first few pieces of Fastrider Blackshield have been spotted at a local AD. 3 different designs are available as shown in the pics below. The sleek monobloc high tech ceramic casings of these watches are truly outstanding at these price points.

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7343/12837661223_b630923925_c.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3748/12837579375_633d6a7d1b_c.jpg)

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3764/12838008784_135d5a57b3_c.jpg)

 :Cheers:

Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: dpkong on February 28, 2014, 10:43:02 PM
Oh what colours... my eyes hurt..

Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: jason_recliner on February 28, 2014, 11:36:12 PM
Fugly as.
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: sidestreaker on March 01, 2014, 01:38:38 AM
Any wrist-shot? I've seen this in person, but not in Malaysia and they do look great in the flesh. And yes, great value for a ceramic case watch...
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: jason_recliner on March 01, 2014, 02:36:34 AM
You can get a ceramic case watch for about a hundred bucks.  Probably not the same ceramic, sure, but just making the point that there is nothing especially exotic or expensive about ceramics in general.
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: danny on March 01, 2014, 05:44:51 AM
Any wrist-shot? I've seen this in person, but not in Malaysia and they do look great in the flesh. And yes, great value for a ceramic case watch...

Unfortunately I did not take a wrist shot of the watch. I agree with you that it is very good value for a high tech ceramic chronograph from a major brand.

 :Cheers:
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: kenji1903 on March 01, 2014, 06:04:20 AM
how much is it retailing for?
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: danny on March 01, 2014, 06:17:00 AM
how much is it retailing for?

15635 RM a piece.
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: harkensng on March 01, 2014, 08:01:39 AM
 :thumbsup: thanks for information
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: JOS2012 on March 01, 2014, 09:09:07 AM
From the pics the sub dials, hour indices and hands look a bit unrefined..
I wonder how it looks like in the metal….
Furthermore its covered in plastic so lots of distortion and reflection..and with the difficult lighting in the shop doesn't help in making the watch attractive...
The price though is amongst the lowest for a full ceramic cased watch….even housing ETAs..

Thanks for the alert, however..
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: shamtv2555 on March 01, 2014, 09:36:53 AM
pic hard to different out the colour
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: dpkong on March 01, 2014, 05:03:23 PM
From the pics the sub dials, hour indices and hands look a bit unrefined..
I wonder how it looks like in the metal….
Furthermore its covered in plastic so lots of distortion and reflection..and with the difficult lighting in the shop, a flash doesn't help in making the watch attractive...
The price though is amongst the lowest for a full ceramic cased watch….even housing ETAs..

Thanks for the alert, however..


And when compared to Rado??

Tudor + ETA = RMxx,xxx

Rado + ETA = RMx,xxx

Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: JOS2012 on March 01, 2014, 05:08:20 PM
hmmm I said 'amongst the lowest' not the lowest.
When I said that, Rado was not on my mind. In fact Rado is one of those brands that's NEVER on my mind (e.g. of other brands never on my mind….de Grisogono, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jacob & Co, Cvstos, deLaCour, Cuervo y Sobrinos, etc)  where it comes to watches. Note: it took me several minutes to recall these brand names and how they spelt.. a branding issue or a product issue?

Rado is nowhere in the same class as Tudor… their dial/hands finishing leaves much to be desired and movt. wise its the ubiquitous ETA so no diff there as well.(not unless they rework it like IWC/Breitling or use the top grades like Tudor)

My interest in Rado was only recently piqued when they launched their recent ceramic cased watches and I went to check out the watches at Pavilion stand.
I returned the watches not even 5 minutes after using a loupe to check their dials, hands and alignment. The person in charge of QC should be sacked.
My initial sputtering interest has since been totally extinguished and I swore never to waste time on viewing another Rado for a long long time.

I only laud them for their ceramic and previous scratch resistant case technology (was it some diamond thingy in the V series). In my mind they are better off providing 'state of the art'  ceramic or scratch resistant watch cases, not assembling watches…Even some micro brands at a much lower price point do a better job..

I was comparing this Tudor ceramic with the other ceramics like Omega DSOTM, IWC Top Gun (the older 7750 driven version), Chanel J10, etc.
Of coz no point comparing with the APROOs…..


From the pics the sub dials, hour indices and hands look a bit unrefined..
I wonder how it looks like in the metal….
Furthermore its covered in plastic so lots of distortion and reflection..and with the difficult lighting in the shop, a flash doesn't help in making the watch attractive...
The price though is amongst the lowest for a full ceramic cased watch….even housing ETAs..

Thanks for the alert, however..


And when compared to Rado??

Tudor + ETA = RMxx,xxx

Rado + ETA = RMx,xxx
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: chrisyen on March 03, 2014, 03:27:35 PM
i find these 2 new tudors are cool... despite i like their heritage collection, these new watches design are great.

i feel like going to see it real and feel it with my hand. photo like this will not be good enough to tell.
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: dpkong on March 03, 2014, 05:45:40 PM

I've seen them at an AD in Marina Sands and they were not really outstanding. Opinion might change over time though as the raised sub-dial rings are interesting.

Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: enkil on March 03, 2014, 10:57:54 PM
Thanks for sharing. I kinda like the orange hands   :Cheers:
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: JeepWH on March 04, 2014, 06:20:10 AM
Thanks for posting, love the orange version, very outstanding. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: Dc on March 25, 2014, 06:32:11 PM
Blackshied already landed in major retailers ... Saw the The Star paper ad on today.
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: noobzpro on April 13, 2014, 09:36:09 PM
Current pricing still asking for a premium...gotta let it settle down i think 11k rm would be a good price
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: infinityws on April 28, 2014, 10:50:19 AM
saw the big banner near Berjaya Times Square a few days back. Look nice, except for the square "Tudor Geneva" logo. I'm sure they can do a better job than that. The logo looks different from the other ranges from Tudor. I do think standardization especially the logo is important in branding and marketing.
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: chrisyen on April 28, 2014, 03:19:17 PM
yeah ! tudor going aggresive with marketing and AD

so the brand is getting more attention since the success of re entering to US market and also successful of its heritage series of watches
Title: Re: Tudor Fastrider Blackshield spotted at local AD
Post by: kenlaw on May 09, 2014, 08:20:08 PM
Rather go for Rolex.