[VIDEO] Assessment: The Nearly Too Good Tudor Pelagos 39

In our introductory article I referred to this watch because the Sub we’ve all the time wished. That’s as a result of, with just a little creativeness, it’s not arduous to examine this as a contemporary ‘Snowflake’ Submariner within the vein of 7016 or 9401 references of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Apply the FXD blue colorway and the identical colour of ceramic lume blocks from the Black Bay Professional to the P39, and increase: you’re taking a look at a lifeless ringer for a contemporary Snowflake. However alas, this isn’t a throwback watch of any kind, and it’s not more likely to head in that path from right here. Although I wouldn’t rule out a blue colorway in some unspecified time in the future down the road, on the very least. 

So the P39 isn’t precisely lower from the identical material as the remainder of the Pelagos assortment, and it’s not fairly the return of the Tudor Submariner. For those who separate it from these ideas, you’re left with, effectively, a superbly wonderful dive watch. Is there sufficient right here to set it aside in a extremely aggressive panorama of nice dive watches, together with from inside their very own home? 

One watch that’s certain to attract essentially the most comparability is the Black Bay 58, significantly in its blue colorway. These are totally different watches in some ways, however the package deal is sort of equivalent. They share the identical 39mm case diameter, the identical ~47mm lug to lug measurement, and are each 12mm thick. That is, for all intents and functions, a Pelagos 58. It brings the Pelagos design DNA into the beloved body of the 58. This isn’t a nasty factor because the 58 is an actual sweetheart on the wrist, and the P39 takes it even additional with its titanium building and full titanium bracelet. One small, however doubtlessly essential, distinction between the 2 watches is the lug span. 

The Pelagos 39 will get a 21mm lug span, which is barely out of character for a 39mm watch. It’s a small distinction, however it has a visible affect on the general proportions of the watch on-wrist. It brings a squat, muscular presence befitting of the Pelagos title on the dial. Oh, and a not so insignificant aspect be aware, even when you’ve got a drawer full of additional straps, not a lot of them are more likely to be 21mm.