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downer wrote:To be honest, I wish they had chosen something other than the Pepsi colours, to further differentiate this from the its Rolex inspiration. As it is, does it perpetuate the "poor mans Rolex" line?
Or....the rich man's Steinhart :lol:
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Not really the blue red colours of the Pepsi though... Slight difference... More the dark blue/ burgundy of their black bays
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^^^ Indeed.

Back in the day, I had a CW Trident Pepsi GMT - until someone asked me it if was a Rolex. Since then, I have tried to avoid anything where the homage-ness was too strong...
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Just as I thought I'd narrowed my next decent purchase choices down to 3 up pops this GMT, with a 'proper' jump hour hand and a date. Must try one on, its gorgeous. No funds yet, but this has to go on the list. I couldn't care less about the 'homage-ness' or what ever people want to call it, I like it
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golfjunky wrote:
downer wrote:To be honest, I wish they had chosen something other than the Pepsi colours, to further differentiate this from the its Rolex inspiration. As it is, does it perpetuate the "poor mans Rolex" line?
Unfortunately you are right
Agree, it could have been real winner and a future classic like the Pelagos.
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downer wrote:To be honest, I wish they had chosen something other than the Pepsi colours, to further differentiate this from the its Rolex inspiration. As it is, does it perpetuate the "poor mans Rolex" line?
I don't buy this 'poor mans....'. Most people I know would love to be in a position to be able to pay Tudor money for a watch.
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The Pepsi bezel is so linked to Rolex so any company releasing a red and blue bezel will be inviting comparisons.

Nice watch nonetheless
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sproughton wrote:The Pepsi bezel is so linked to Rolex so any company releasing a red and blue bezel will be inviting comparisons.

Nice watch nonetheless
Only by people who know their watches though. Stop 100 random 'normal' people in the street, show them the Tudor GMT and ask them what it reminds them of - my guess is that, apart from maybe 1 or 2, they won't have a clue apart from saying 'nice watch, I bet that costs a lot'.
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Yes but how would say ‘is it a Rolex?’
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TigerChris wrote:
downer wrote:To be honest, I wish they had chosen something other than the Pepsi colours, to further differentiate this from the its Rolex inspiration. As it is, does it perpetuate the "poor mans Rolex" line?
I don't buy this 'poor mans....'. Most people I know would love to be in a position to be able to pay Tudor money for a watch.
I agree, but like it or not, Tudor is saddled with the “poor man’s Rolex” tag - and always has been. To me, they could have weakened that perception by avoiding the direct comparison caused by mimicking the Pepsi bezel. A green/black version would have created differentiation - and going by the popularity of the Harrod’s green LE, it would have been well received.
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A short video of the Tudor Black Bay GMT .

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Anyone else get really excited about the "build you own" section? (only to find its not an actual custom build feature, just another way of showing you existing models. )

I don't buy the whole "poor mans Rolex", Rolex as a brand does absolutely nothing for me, there's not a single watch they make that I want and yet I love the Tudor BBR, Pelagos in Blue and Black, and the Pelagos LHD is my current grail watch.

Now if they did the Pelagos in 39/40mm, I'd be in real financial trouble.
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Love the 36mm blue
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Bit harsh from social media! :lol:

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^^ :lol:
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