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Yeah full kit in mint condition, cost me 2.2k shipped to my door and it’s stamped by the AD!
Movement may only be an ETA but they regulate them and most people report it being within cosc! The quality on the finishing is where you really feel the value though, especially with the bracelet. That blue too, man I’ve never seen a blue that deep, and it goes to navy/ black in dim light which is why I didn’t go with the black. The minute track is also a light grey so to not take away from the markers. Signed rose crown and 150m makes this one a pretty good explorer alternative, no date dials are just too clean!!!
@pica you were contemplating one? I thought you didn’t like snow flake hands?
Just ordered a Erika’s original strap for it, not cheap!
Might see if I can source a Tudor Nato too
Yeah thats exactly why. I looked into it and somehow thought it would be a good substitute for the rolex explorer 1 i‘m craving for.
The more i looked into it the more i started to feel ok with the hands.
I even bought a knock off hommage one through amazon and wore it for a day and send it back just to see how i like the size and hands.
In the end i confessed that ta just not what i wanted in the first place and that in the long run i just wouldn‘t be happy with that, i‘m just gonna have to wait it out and see....
Although i have to admit i feel stupid still going for the explorer since price/value finsihing, specs.... all speaks for the tudor.
I mean you're not the only one who has weighed up the two, I think most people probably go through that dilemma if they are saving for an explorer.
his conclusion was that the BB36 is probably better than the old explorers, but not better than the new ones. he also doesn't really like the bb36 dial, or finds something not quite right about it. What I will say (and he touched on it a bit too) is that you MUST buy the BB36 with the bracelet because the bracelet absolutely smokes anything else in this price range!
Also, I thought the explorer was also 150WR but it's not (only 100), so +1 for the BB
Real confessions time: I have never ever wanted an explorer, it just doesn't get my juices flowing, the only Rolex I even like is the air king 14000 series (
@tzhangdox is also a fan from memory) if we're being honest so I didn't feel like I was ever compromising when buying this.
And while Rolex doesn't particularly excite me as a brand, I really like Tudor and a lot of the watches they've produced over the years (will probably still pick up a vintage Tudor sub at some point), hence why this was a no brainer for me. Sure it doesn't have in-house movements like the other black bays, but the divers are too big for my wrist anyway, especially now that 36mm is my most certainly my sweet spot when it comes to wrist real estate. I like the hands, because I like Tudor's history/ heritage!
But yeah as usual, buying a watch because you think it will scratch the itch/ substitute for a similar (but often more expensive) watch, never really works does it?
mini review time! The slab case and polished bezel make the watch look chunkier than it actually is which give it some tool-esque vibes. But it wears very sleek at only 10mm.
On the flip side though the polishing/ finishing means you can suit up with and not have it look out of place. Lume is giving Seiko a run for its money and I still can't enough of that blue. No AR coating on the crystal is a point of contention, but that's not just limited to the BB36, most Rolex/ tudors don't offer that option. peeps also complained about the crown sleeve which makes the crown looks like it's not screwed in, peeps are actually stretching for things to complain about if that's the only thing they can fault on this watch. It's honestly a non-issue for me