Il Pelagos is a titanium diving watch with helium valve, presented in its first version by Tudor at Basel 2012. This diver presents technical characteristics of notable interest, which make it one of the diving watches most valid on the market.
Tudor Pelagos: the technique
Tudors, with Pelagos, demonstrates that you have construction skills up to par with the most renowned sports watch manufacturers. The Pelagos boasts a construction in titanium – we'll come back to it later – and one helium valve. This, together with the impermeability in the well 50 atmospheresand, makes the Pelagos di Tudor a true sports watch, indeed, in fact a tool watch professional. Il movement it is manufactured Tudor and certified as stopwatch.
Tudor Pelagos: case and bracelet
Il titanium is the great protagonist of the construction of this watch. Thanks to this metal, you forget that you have a large case on your wrist - 42 millimeters in diameter and over 14 millimeters thick -: the Tudor Pelagos It's not a compact watch, but it is very portable. A gem of this timepiece is the steel clasp: in addition to the quick adjustment normally found on diver, Tudor Pelagos It boasts a spring system that tightens and releases the bracelet, allowing it to vary in diameter when, during immersion, the water pressure crushes and compacts the diving suit beneath the watch.
There is also a left-handed version of the Pelagos, la LHD, with winding crown on the left. This model stands out for the use of a warmer tone on the hands and indexes and for the date in red, references to vintage diver.
Tudor Pelagos: prices and availability
Il Tudor Pelagos is sold by Tudor to a price list of 4360 euro. This is a demanding figure, but justified by the technical contents of this watch. For those who prefer a cleaner dial, the first series of the Tudor Pelagos, with a non-COSC ETA movement and two lines of text instead of four at the bottom of the dial.
A tip: the Tudor Pelagos It has a brushed titanium finish. For polishing, contact professional watchmakers who know how to treat this material: specific tools are needed, given its lower hardness compared to steel.
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