The Laings Journal
The daring and innovative spirit of TUDOR watchmaking is on full display with its two new Pelagos FXD and Pelagos FXD Chrono models. To celebrate its partnership with Alinghi Red Bull Racing, the watches are infused with the character of the Alinghi team, making for a daring release inspired by the world of yacht racing.
TUDOR and Alinghi Red Bull Racing share the vision of pushing traditional boundaries, an enthusiasm that blends both personalities to build on the long term marriage between watchmaking and competitive racing.
Cutting Edge Technology
The Pelagos FXD “Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition” models come with several firsts for TUDOR that go beyond just the watches. A long-term partnership between TUDOR and Alinghi Red Bull Racing was launched in 2022, the first time TUDOR ventured into the world of competitive yacht racing. In this centuries-old sport, victory comes by fusing a resolutely daring human spirit with the most cutting-edge technology.
The watches were born out of this philosophy, by combining a high-tech carbon composite, a first for TUDOR, with titanium and stainless steel, just like on an AC75 (America’s Cup 75) hydrofoil racing yacht. It is also the first time TUDOR has integrated a chronograph calibre into a fixed strap-bars case.
The Alinghi Red Bull Racing AC75 represents the very best in cutting-edge maritime engineering, utilising a proprietary blend of carbon, titanium and stainless steel to give shape to a hull that leaps out of the water at speed. The same pursuit of technical mastery is applied to the Pelagos FXD models, which similarly combine a high-tech carbon composite for the case and bezel insert, an extremely light and robust material, with titanium for the bezel, crown, and direct-action pushers and 316L stainless steel for the case back and movement container.
Race Ready Dials
Wearing the same hue of the hull of the AC75, the matte dials put legibility first and foremost. While both dials are finished in Alinghi Red Bull Racing Team Blue with a red-tipped second hand, the Chronograph model features red accents around the counters to further hint at the aesthetics of the AC75, namely the red stripes on the hull.
On the 45° angled rehaut, between 10 and 2, a subtle “Alinghi Red Bull Racing” mention overarches the dial’s layout. The signature square hour-markers and “Snowflake” hands, designed back in the sixties by TUDOR to offer larger luminous surfaces and thus improve legibility, are fashioned from luminescent ceramic composite for optimal legibility in challenging conditions.
Discover the new TUDOR Pelagos FXD Models at Laingsuk.com
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