Tudor Black Bay 58 vs Rolex GMT-Master II

In the end, for me, it felt more my style than a sub and has a bit more unique character to it. My favorite element is the contrast between the matte dial and the gilt shiny hands and marker surrounds.

* Special edition: 100 produced in each of 3 colors. I had been on the hunt for a sporty GMT for a while and I was attracted to this watch for a few reasons:.

I love the design and attention to detail this watch has, plus the fact that if you change the strap to a brown leather or even fabric it can be matched with more casual wear. Tudor Black Bay 58 - After getting deep into the watch addiction, I knew this would be my first "expensive" (at least for my standards) watch. Funny thing is, it was an impulse buy as I found it at Athens International Airport when visiting home last year. It had just gotten in and they only had this single piece

I appreciate this watch immensely and I will never get rid of it. I really think this watch looks better than a lot of Rolex’s recent lineup to this day.

In terms of watch for dollars, it's a terrible bargain. It's obviously great in resale terms, but I don't wear watches for the next owner. I'd take a lightly used Pelagos or Planet Ocean (both around $4k) before spending my money on a Submariner. Or a BB58 if it fit my wrist

I was hoping to learn more about the history and craftsmanship, but the sales pitch unfortunately felt a bit superficial and focused on status and price. Worse, they didn’t have the pink gold model in store, and they would only have it shipped to the store if I was willing to put down a 25% non-refundable deposit.

A lot has been said about this one but it really is close to perfection. Timekeeping wise this is the most accurate mechnical watch I've owned, in a week it had gained 4 seconds which is really awesome.

I started running a lot and would constantly sweat so wanted something accurate and light with a rubber strap – this fit everything perfectly and also gets the most “nice watch” compliments amongst my friend group. Rolex GMT Master II - - “Pepsi” (126710BLRO]. To commence a new beginning, was lucky enough to purchase this one before the prices exceeded 20k.

Perfect travel watch. I take this and this watch only on all of my overseas travel – functional, robust, don’t have to stress about banging it up, don’t have to worry about it getting stolen.

A very nice piece, I would make sure it has been serviced recently or get it serviced if you intend to wear it! If you take it to a watch store they can pop the bracelet off and check the serial number between the lugs and double check the reference and year!

my take: the everyday watch gotta have a date, preferably day/date, *at least* 100m water resistance, crazy comfortable to wear, good in every outfit (unless you have a particular watch for dressy occasions). anything from Sinn is a good idea, but you can also look at the Tudor Black Bay 58, if you don't own it already. oh and Yema makes some excellent divers that are usually in the 1k bucks range.

Got a good weight to it, the bezel is magnificent... sometimes looks black and red, sometimes bright blue