New Tudor 1926 Watch For 2018 Hands-On

We have already reviewed both the Black Bay Fifty-Eight here and the Black Bay GMT here, but today we are finally getting around to the new Tudor 1926 watch collection Most notable about the new Tudor 1926 is that, at under $2,000 at least for the steel models, it represents a new entry point for the brand Despite its name, Tudor does not claim that the 1926 watch is the resurrection of any historical model or even that the design specifically references the 1920s, and it doesn't look particularly retro, in my opinion.

Similar ground was covered by the Tudor Style that we reviewed here in terms of positioning as a dressy but versatile and relatively affordable daily watch with a sourced movement, and the Tudor 1926 almost seems like it could have been a subfamily of it As mentioned, the new Tudor 1926 watches represent the brand's most affordable offerings The idea of "Buying in" to the Tudor club by getting the brand name on your wrist is kind of ironic because for many people Tudor is a budget way to buy into the Rolex brand - and it is far less expensive, of course, than Rolex's "Cost of entry" with the Oyster Perpetual.

The Tudor 1926 collection ranges from $1,675 for the 28mm in steel to $3,400 for the two-tone 41mm model with six diamond hour markers. . Source