The new premium sports watch boasts both cutting-edge watchmaking technology and a chic aesthetic and is as at ease in the city as on the shore.
Now made up of four models, the Tudor Pelagos line offers a variety of highly technical, mechanical divers' watches: watches which have been adopted since the 1950s by pioneers of underwater exploration around the world.
The new Pelagos 39 model joins the Tudor family of technical divers' watches, with a versatile, complementary design. While the Pelagos, Pelagos LHD and Pelagos FXD models perpetuate a purely technical aquatic heritage, offering functions specific to highly specialised and relatively niche professional dives, the new Pelagos 39 is a compact and versatile, traditional mechanical divers' watch, with a touch of elegance created by the shine of the sunray satin finishes on its dial and the insert on the bezel.
Featuring grade 2 titanium, luminescent ceramic composite monobloc hour markers, a rapid adjustment system for the clasp and a diver’s extension, the Pelagos 39 model combines Tudor’s professional dive watch heritage with the versatility of a 39mm case. The result is a sports watch that boasts both cutting-edge watchmaking technology and a chic aesthetic, as at ease in the city as on the shore.
The aesthetic balance of the Pelagos 39 model is achieved through an entirely satin-brushed case in line with this Tudor product family. This artfully contrasts with the radiance of its bezel insert, made of black ceramic with an enhanced sunray satin finish, featuring a graduated scale in white luminous material. The diameter of the bezel slightly exceeds the middle case for maximum grip.
The applied hour markers on the dial are made of monobloc luminescent ceramic composite, a feature that enhances the technical aesthetics, whilst considerably increasing the luminous surface of the hour markers.
Inside the case, the Pelagos 39 is equipped with Manufacture Calibre MT5400. Its construction has been designed to ensure robustness, longevity, reliability, and precision due to its variable inertia balance, which is held in place by a sturdy traversing bridge with two points of fixation.
Another notable feature is that the power reserve of Manufacture Calibre MT5400 is “weekend-proof” to about 70 hours, which enables the wearer to take the watch off on a Friday evening and put it back on again on Monday morning without having to wind it.
Tudor is supplying the Pelagos 39 model with an entirely satin-brushed titanium bracelet that is equipped with the Tudor “T-fit” clasp for rapid length adjustment. Easy to use, requiring no tools and offering five positions, this system allows the wearer to carry out a fine, instant adjustment of the total length of the bracelet along an adjustment window of 8mm. This clasp also has a 25mm bracelet extension function to allow the watch to be worn over a wetsuit.
The Pelagos 39 also comes with a second strap made of black rubber, with a titanium pin buckle, that attaches to the case with titanium end links. Also included is a rubber extension piece that makes it possible to lengthen the strap even further, by up to 110mm.
The history of the Tudor divers’ watch dates back to 1954 with the launch of the reference 7922 timepiece. Waterproof to 100m, it was the firstborn in a long line of dive watches.
Now made up of four models, the Pelagos product line boasts impressive heritage and underwater functionality.
The Pelagos and Pelagos LHD models, for right-handed and left-handed divers respectively, provide an ergonomic solution that is not only tailored to most underwater environments but is specifically designed for so-called “saturation” dives thanks to the helium escape valve. The Pelagos FXD model, developed in conjunction with the French Navy’s combat swimmers, is an instrument that makes it possible to perform countdowns with ease during so-called “oxygen” dives, in which users do not descend to depths requiring decompression stops.
Finally, says Tudor, the Pelagos 39 model now forms a bridge between land and sea, meeting all the ISO standards for divers' watches, with versatility and enhanced aesthetic touches.
