At Watches and Wonders 2025, Tudor debuted its most superior Pelagos skilled dive watch in a brand new Extremely kind.
The Pelagos Extremely bears a resemblance to Tudor’s well-known relative, the Rolex Submariner, however whereas that’s a luxurious sports activities watch with quite a few polished surfaces, the Extremely’s titanium case, ceramic bezel insert, dial, titanium bracelet (and rubber strap) are all matte and all enterprise.
Precision machined from unalloyed “commercially pure” corrosion-resistant grade 2 titanium, the newly designed Pelagos Extremely case measures 43 mm x 14.5 mm (22 mm lug-to-lug). The caseback contains a screw-in caseback made from grade 5 titanium, an alloyed metallic. Each grade 2 and grade 5 titanium are nickel-free and thus categorized as hypoallergenic, which means they received’t react badly for these with metallic allergy symptoms.
In accordance with Tudor, the brand new Pelagos Extremely is “Engineered particularly to beat the challenges related to saturation diving, that is probably the most technically succesful Pelagos ever made, with 1,000 meters of water resistance, a proprietary bracelet adjustment system, and a 43 mm titanium case.”
Being that this true diver’s watch is designed to operate even within the area of interest {of professional} deep sea diving, Tudor went all out with the lume, utilizing blue and inexperienced emitting, through a mixture of Grade X1 and BGW9 Swiss Tremendous-LumiNova® luminous materials. The unidirectional dive bezel PIP is inexperienced, and so is the minute hand, making it simpler to trace elapsed time at depth. The indices are made from a ceramic composite monobloc with utilized hour markers, additionally seen on not too long ago launched variations of the Pelagos. Moreover, like the brand new 43 mm diameter case, the dial has been scaled up, and the palms are thicker and the markers bigger, additional enhancing legibility, no matter depth.
The Pelagos Extremely has a powerful 1,000-meter depth score (and dive watches are made to be 25% higher than the said quantity). Whether or not you’re a saturation diver (or not), there’s a compact automated helium escape valve flush mounted on the left case flank for fluid egress when utilized in a saturation diving setting.
That is simply the second Pelagos to obtain a completely COSC and METAS-certified Grasp Chronometer motion. The primary Pelagos to obtain it was the FXD GMT Marine Nationale, which debuted in late 2024. Powering the hours, minutes, central seconds, and date indications is Tudor’s manufacture caliber MT5612-U. The 4Hz, 26-jewel, bi-directional-winding automated motion measures 31.8 mm x 6.5 mm, with a 65-hour energy reserve, and contains a silicon hairspring, variable inertia steadiness, and is adjusted to a precision of -2/+4 seconds per day earlier than it leaves the manufacturing unit.
The bracelet is made out of Grade 2 titanium with a proprietary T-Match speedy adjustment clasp system, with a security catch, permitting for fast, toolless adjustment. Notably, for the primary time, it contains a new visible indicator system that makes use of a shade code (and luminescent) so you may simply discern the size of the diver’s extension. A complimentary black rubber strap with a grade 2 titanium buckle is included, with a titanium pin buckle that attaches to the case with titanium finish hyperlinks. Additionally included is a rubber extension piece that permits you to lengthen the strap by as much as 110 mm.
Tudor’s new Pelagos Extremely (Ref. 2543C1A7NU) retails for $5,950. It’s probably the most skilled and exact dive watch the corporate has ever produced. The Extremely can also be the highest-priced Pelagos. So it’s important to resolve when you want all of the Extremely options, or if one of many already wonderful current Pelagos dive watch fashions is a greater match.
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