I've spent the past few years selling off most of my watches and was able to break even on most of them. I lost on a few and made some profit on others.....I figure I'm even.
I did keep 3 Tudor watches as I knew if I sold them, I would regret it. I like the models from the late 90's to mid 2000's. I've got gold/steel Tiger chronograph on leather strap and a silver dial Hydronaut on a bracelet in near mint condition.
I've also got this Hydronaut with a blue mother of pearl dial that originally came on a bracelet but is now on a blue distressed leather strap from Colareb in Italy. This watch was used daily by it's previous owner and has quite a bit of wear/tear on it.
The dial changes colors in different light from a very light pale blue to a dark ocean blue color. There is also a bit of pink in there. The challenge was finding a 20mm x 16mm strap so I could utilize the Tudor deployant buckle. 20mm x 16mm is not easy to find but I prefer the 4mm taper as I find it more comfortable and also prefer the way it looks.
This gets worn daily by me (the other 2 Tudors are in the bank deposit box as I really don't wear them) with pants/blazer during the week and jeans/t-shirt on weekends.
This one is 13 years old and still keeps +4 seconds/day. The power reserve is lacking a bit and is around 30 hours.
Any thoughts on what a brown leather strap would look like? I'm not sure if it would work with the blue dial or not, but there are a lot more cool options out there in brown vs blue.
Daily beater Tudor Hydronaut
Re: Daily beater Tudor Hydronaut
Man, with all the Beckham/Gaga nonsense with Tudor, I almost miss the days of the Hydronaut. Hell, I even miss the Hydronaut 1200 at this point.
Rad dial on yours, OP.
Rad dial on yours, OP.
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Re: Daily beater Tudor Hydronaut
The blue strap looks great with the MOP dial, really like the combo.
The hands on the Hydro1200 are the ugliest hands I've ever seen on a watch!
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The hands on the Hydro1200 are the ugliest hands I've ever seen on a watch!
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Re: Daily beater Tudor Hydronaut
I like that - and great job finding the right strap for it