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·Hello everyone!
Long post warning, but I wanted to document this mainly for my records and hopefully spark some conversation along the way.
TLDR: Buying his/hers Tudors for our wedding gifts and I just received my Pelagos.
I am getting married later this year and was wanting to get myself a watch to commemorate the big event. After speaking with my fiancée about wedding gifts in general, we decided that we’d do his and hers watches. She’s not a watch enthusiast, but she agrees that it’s nice to have at least one nice watch in your collection and she thinks that since I appreciate watches it would be a nice gift to have “a little piece of me” on her wrist.
As I do with all big purchases, I went into full on obsession mode and spent most of my time on forums, watching YouTube vids and going to the AD to chat. Here are some of my thoughts:
Rolex:
I initially looked at Rolex, obviously, but given I had been out of the market for a few years, I hadn’t realized that even the “entry level” OP was virtually unobtainable. I wasn’t going to pay secondary so I moved on and will revisit the idea on my 30th or some other milestone.
Tudor:
Then I turned to Tudor. A few years back I never even looked at Tudor as I was ignorant and thought they were a poor man’s Rolex; however, after looking researching the brand and learning more about how they’ve currently positioned themselves and are pushing the technical envelope in ways their “big brother” won’t, I was intrigued. I shortlisted the Pelagos, GMT, BB58 blue and the BB41.
The BB58 turned out to feel a little to small on my wrist (probably wasn’t really, but I’m used to my 42mm Speedmaster). The BB41’s lack of in-house movement was a little bit of a deal breaker for me, but I did like the design and the price was nice…
The GMT and Pelagos were the two I narrowed my choice to.
Omega:
Alongside the Tudor GMT and Pelagos, I looked at the Omega Aqua Terra 41mm in white. I absolutely love this watch and the co-axial escapement and METAS certifications are big plusses. I almost pulled the trigger on this one, but since my fiancée didn’t like the ladies version of the Aqua Terra, we crossed this one off. I’ll be back for that watch though…
Grand Seiko:
I am a huge fan of the GS Snowflake and the Spring Drive in general, but in the end I passed on this. I’ll also be back for a GS eventually.
Cartier:
Maybe I’m ignorant, but I think these are more of a fashion watch than anything else. Couldn’t find one that I liked and neither could my fiancée, oddly enough. Maybe I’ll warm up to the Tank or the Santos eventually.
At the end of the day it came down to the Tudor GMT and Pelagos. My fiancée made my decision a little easier by saying that since the gift was technically coming from her, she'd choose and she picked the Pelagos. It reminds her of summer fun and she can imagine it on my wrist in Hawaii for our honeymoon. The GMT didn’t speak to her, but I’ll be back for that one too…
She’ll be getting the Tudor Glamour Date 31mm in two tone, with the white dial and diamond hour markers (M53003-0066). We chose this because she really wanted a two tone, jubilee style bracelet and this really is the only one outside of the DJ that looked good to her. They had to order that straight from the Switzerland, but should be here soon.
Thanks for reading my novel!
Long post warning, but I wanted to document this mainly for my records and hopefully spark some conversation along the way.
TLDR: Buying his/hers Tudors for our wedding gifts and I just received my Pelagos.
I am getting married later this year and was wanting to get myself a watch to commemorate the big event. After speaking with my fiancée about wedding gifts in general, we decided that we’d do his and hers watches. She’s not a watch enthusiast, but she agrees that it’s nice to have at least one nice watch in your collection and she thinks that since I appreciate watches it would be a nice gift to have “a little piece of me” on her wrist.
As I do with all big purchases, I went into full on obsession mode and spent most of my time on forums, watching YouTube vids and going to the AD to chat. Here are some of my thoughts:
Rolex:
I initially looked at Rolex, obviously, but given I had been out of the market for a few years, I hadn’t realized that even the “entry level” OP was virtually unobtainable. I wasn’t going to pay secondary so I moved on and will revisit the idea on my 30th or some other milestone.
Tudor:
Then I turned to Tudor. A few years back I never even looked at Tudor as I was ignorant and thought they were a poor man’s Rolex; however, after looking researching the brand and learning more about how they’ve currently positioned themselves and are pushing the technical envelope in ways their “big brother” won’t, I was intrigued. I shortlisted the Pelagos, GMT, BB58 blue and the BB41.
The BB58 turned out to feel a little to small on my wrist (probably wasn’t really, but I’m used to my 42mm Speedmaster). The BB41’s lack of in-house movement was a little bit of a deal breaker for me, but I did like the design and the price was nice…
The GMT and Pelagos were the two I narrowed my choice to.
Omega:
Alongside the Tudor GMT and Pelagos, I looked at the Omega Aqua Terra 41mm in white. I absolutely love this watch and the co-axial escapement and METAS certifications are big plusses. I almost pulled the trigger on this one, but since my fiancée didn’t like the ladies version of the Aqua Terra, we crossed this one off. I’ll be back for that watch though…
Grand Seiko:
I am a huge fan of the GS Snowflake and the Spring Drive in general, but in the end I passed on this. I’ll also be back for a GS eventually.
Cartier:
Maybe I’m ignorant, but I think these are more of a fashion watch than anything else. Couldn’t find one that I liked and neither could my fiancée, oddly enough. Maybe I’ll warm up to the Tank or the Santos eventually.
At the end of the day it came down to the Tudor GMT and Pelagos. My fiancée made my decision a little easier by saying that since the gift was technically coming from her, she'd choose and she picked the Pelagos. It reminds her of summer fun and she can imagine it on my wrist in Hawaii for our honeymoon. The GMT didn’t speak to her, but I’ll be back for that one too…
She’ll be getting the Tudor Glamour Date 31mm in two tone, with the white dial and diamond hour markers (M53003-0066). We chose this because she really wanted a two tone, jubilee style bracelet and this really is the only one outside of the DJ that looked good to her. They had to order that straight from the Switzerland, but should be here soon.
Thanks for reading my novel!
