2023 Tudor Pelagos FXD Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition 25707KN
Ref: 25707KN
Specification
Lugs : 22mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Black Carbon Composite & Titanium
Warranty : Manufacturer's Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Tudor box, bezel protector, swing tag, and paperwork. It comes paired with its 22mm blue sail canvas velcro strap with Titanium hardware. The watch is from July 2023 and is sold in used worn condition, but overall, it is in very fair condition, as you can see. The watch comes with its original Manufacturer's Warranty.
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The Watch
Here we have a 2023 Tudor Pelagos FXD Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition 25707KN, released in 2022, this is the first time Tudor has ventured into competitive yacht racing with the help of the Alinghi Red Bull Racing Team. It is engineered using the latest technology in composite materials such as Carbon, Titanium, and stainless steel, as used on the America’s Cup 75 hydrofoil racing yacht. The curvaceous 42mm black Carbon Fibre composite case curves over your wrist with tapered lugs, and a lug-to-lug length of 50mm and a case thickness of 12.5mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side is a signed titanium screw-down crown with deep knurling for grip. A 120-click bidirectional Titanium bezel has a coin edge for grip and a matte black carbon 60-minute scale, holding a flat sapphire crystal above a matte blue dial. The sloping minute chapter ring has “Alinghi Red Bull Racing” printed around its edge, applied 3-dimensional luminous monobloc ceramic Triangle, square and rectangle indexes mark the hours, characteristic Tudor “Snowflake” hands filled with SuperLumiNova are complemented by a red sweeping second hand, at 12 o’clock we have the Tudor motif at 6 o’clock a red “Pelagos” “Chronometer Officially Certified 200m-660ft” complete this racing themed sports dive watch. On the reverse, a screw-down stainless steel case back engraved with the Alinghi Red Bull Racing logo, inside an automatic Tudor Cal. MT5602, in-house Certified Chronometer (COSC) movement, 25 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour, first introduced in 2015. The watch is paired with its 22mm blue sail canvas velcro strap with Titanium hardware, and it comes with its Tudor presentation box and paperwork.
Personal Note
This Tudor Pelagos FXD Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition is fantastic for multiple reasons, the use of carbon for the case and bezel insert, the deep blue dial with pops of red, the incredibly comfortable velcro strap, but most of all the subtle Alinghi Red Bull Racing branding making it perfect for the die-hard fans but also unobtrusive to those of you out there who love the design but have zero interest in the connection, this is how collaborations should be done. Do not hesitate to book an appointment and see this one in the carbon for yourself!
The Brand
The Tudor trademark was first registered in 1926 by the Swiss watchmaking company “Veuve de Philippe Hüther” on behalf of Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex watches. Wilsdorf took it over himself in 1936. Just after the Second World War, Hans Wilsdorf, Founder of Rolex, knew that the time had come to expand and give the Tudor brand a proper identity of its own. The Tudor Rose started to appear on their dials from this time. Thus, on 6 March 1946, he created the “Montres TUDOR S.A.” company, specialising in models for both men and women. Rolex guarantees technical, aesthetic, and functional characteristics, as well as distribution and after-sales service. In 1948, we saw the first Tudor-specific advertisement. A few years later, they introduced the TUDOR Oyster Prince in 1952. Hans Wilsdorf allowed Tudor to use their waterproof Oyster case and the original self-winding Perpetual ’rotor’ movement. This was an exclusive arrangement that benefitted both brands. Development soon commenced with the introduction of the TUDOR Oyster Prince Submariner, reference 7922, in 1954. This watch was quickly adopted by the French Navy in 1956. Building on their reputation of robustness in 1961, the Rose was replaced by the shield. Later in 1969, we saw the design changes in Ref. 7016, where, for the first time, square indexes and angular hands nicknamed “Snowflake” allowed for a greater amount of lume to be applied; this was appreciated by the divers of the French Navy. Today, these innovations can be seen in the Black Bay and Pelagos collections. In 1971, Tudor introduced the Oysterdate chronographs nicknamed “Monte-Carlo” due to their resembling a roulette wheel. Celebrating their 50th anniversary in 1996. In that same year, Tudor decided to shed Rolex-signed components such as the cases, crowns and bracelets in favour of Tudor-branded ones. Today Tudor uses their in-house movements developed initially in 2015 in collaboration with Breitling.