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[Tudor - Black Bay Ceramic] What is your first premium watch? And why? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Alan-Awake@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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I wanted to buy a mechanical watch for a long time, and ended up choosing BB Ceramic due to its full-black aesthetic as well as its METAS-certified movement for ultimate accuracy and value for money.

What did you pick as your first mechanical watch and what is the reason behind it?

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[–] Zamboni4201@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Tudor Black Bay GMT. It was my first leap above the $1000 price point for a Swiss watch.

I’d been on the Rolex GMT list for several years. I’d stop into the AD every 6 months.
I can remember stopping in, and they had the Tudor GMT on a strap, so I tried it on, and liked it. A bit more subdued than the Rolex.
So, I waited for a bracelet model, and then bought it. And I’ve been happy with it.

I just do not care to play the Rolex waitlist game. My AD doesn’t play the “you need to spend more to get an allocation game”. They just have a list, and you slowly move up the list. If my AD called and said they had the new green Sub, or a Batman, I’d probably buy it. But the waitlist, I’m just not into it.

And over the years, that first Tudor GMT led to a collection of Tudors and other watches.

I looked at the BB Ceramic. It’s a great watch.
I believe it was the 2nd Tudor ever with a display case back. The first being the Black Bay 58 925, released just a bit earlier in 2021. And, I liked it so much, I bought the 925.