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With its expert mastery of sapphire crystal craftsmanship, ArtyA
presents a “shaped” tourbillon watch with a new tonneau case of sleek,
ergonomic design.
The Purity Tourbillon movement, too, has been
completely redesigned to fit the tonneau case. Its perfect axial
symmetry and crown at 12 o'clock are tell-tale signs of the close and
fruitful collaboration between the teams at ArtyA and Telos.
As one of the first brands in 2016 to adopt sapphire crystal for its watch cases, ArtyA quickly made it an essential choice: the material offers both perfect transparency, enabling the beauty of mechanical movements to be admired from every angle; and remarkable scratch resistance, enabling exemplary durability and longevity.
Sapphire is a crystal with an extraordinary hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, making it the third hardest natural material after diamond and moissanite on the Mohs scale. (Traditional glass, by comparison, rates a 5.5.)
Sapphire has always been used for its protective virtues and the positive energy it radiates.
The illusion of simplicity
While ‘round’ is the shape usually associated with a watch, ArtyA seizes opportunities to think outside the box, proposing new shapes – including the so-called "tonneau" which owes its name to the French word ‘barrel’.
Generous spatial volumes and shapes, cut from a block of sapphire crystal that perfectly fits the wrist: ArtyA's years of experience in the field have made it possible to create this sophisticated case with a bold look that stands out from the conventional.
The rounded angles amplify the presence of the 17mm 4Hz tourbillon floating in its center at 6 o'clock, whilst the case remains harmoniously sized at38.5 x 43mm.
The curved shape of the whole, a design by Jérémie Arpa, Yvan and Dominique Arpa’s son,explores new possibilities, with softer, more ergonomic lines than on round or rectangular models.
The Curvy Purity Tourbillon movement, redesigned for a Tonneau case
The fruit of the close collaboration between Telos and ArtyA, the Curvy movement is the latest addition to ArtyA's family of Purity Tourbillon Manufacture calibers, here entirely redesigned to fit the singular tonneau-shaped watch case.
Recognizable by its remarkable axial symmetry and the crown positioned at 12 o'clock, the Curvy Purity Tourbillon movement might be considered as the culmination of the collection.
Above the double barrel, the dial showcases ArtyA’s meticulous approach to skeletonization. Here, cast-iron sandblasting and hand-beveling serve to subtly optimize the display of time indications for clear legibility. ------------------------------------------- TechnicalSpecifications Collection:COMPLICATION
Case Sapphire crystal Dimensions 38.5mm x 43mm Case back Open; screw-in Double-sided sapphire crystal Case back open and screwed Water resistance 3ATM, equivalent to 30 meters Movement Manufacture double-barrel tourbillon, skeletonized Completely redesigned for the Curvy Purity Tourbillon Conceived, developed and manufactured in Switzerland exclusively for ArtyA
Oversized tourbillon, 17mm in diameter, positioned at 6 o'clock High chronometric reliability thanks to double-barrel torque 4 Hz frequency (higher than usual for a tourbillon, ensuring greater stability) 72-hour power reserve Functions Hours, minutes, seconds on flying tourbillon Dial Skeleton Fully transparent Skeletonised bridges Strap Special custom strap Recycled leather strap Buckle: Titanium pin buckle
TUDOR – PELAGOSFXD Titanium 42 mm Chronometer - 2023
PELAGOS FXD Titanium
TUDOR
is launching the Black Bay Ceramic model, an extraordinary watch and
symbol of the brand's technical expertise, with a case in matt black
ceramic, a Manufacture Calibre and a Master Chronometer certification
from METAS.
As early as the mid ‘50s, TUDOR diving watches were being tested and evaluated by a number of outfits inside the US Navy, and by 1958 they were officially adopted by the Navy and purchased for the purpose of issuing them to divers operating in various units. This Pelagos FXD model is the spiritual successor of those watches. The nomenclature hints at the background of the watch, with FXD referring to the incredibly robust FiXeD strap bars of the case. The model represents a modern, high-performance and robust take on the famed “Milsub” (short for Military Submariner) of yesteryear.
Visually, it’s most in line with a late ‘60s-era TUDOR Oyster Prince Submariner reference 7016; it incorporates elements from the US military specifications for diving watches, such as fixed spring bars, as well as details inspired by other generations of issued TUDORs, like pointed crown-guards typically found on early TUDOR Submariners.
KEY POINTS
1. 42mm satin-brushed titanium case with fixed strap bars, machined from a single block of titanium 2. Unidirectional rotatable bezel in titanium with ceramic insert and 60-minute graduation filled with grade X1 Swiss Super-LumiNova® luminous material 3. Matt black dial with applied hour markers filled with grade X1 Swiss Super-LumiNova® luminous material 4. Manufacture Calibre MT5602, certified by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC) with a hairspring in silicon and a 70-hour power reserve 5. “Snowflake” hands, one of the hallmarks of the TUDOR divers’ watches introduced in 1969, with grade X1 Swiss Super-LumiNova® luminous material filling 6. One-piece fabric strap with self-gripping fastening system in forest green with red central thread and additional one-piece rubber strap with embossed fabric motif
TUDOR AND THE US NAVY
The US Navy issued TUDOR diving watches for decades starting in the latter years of the ‘50s. The watches were famously used by SEAL teams from their commissioning in 1962 all the way the late ‘80s. These robust instruments have also served sailors in all types of underwater roles, including UDTs, Seabees and Navy dive school instructors.
The issued TUDOR Submariners have played a role in teaching the basics of scuba diving at the Underwater Swimmers School, all the way to aiding in underwater submarine maintenance at submarine bases in the US and abroad. Issued TUDOR watches also played a role in pioneering innovative underwater technologies under the surface of oceans across the globe.
Throughout the decades, TUDOR has supported the US Navy as a supplier of issued watches. In the 1965 “First Edition” of the Underwater Demolition Team Handbook, a TUDOROyster Prince Submariner ref.7928 is pictured next to the “Diving Watch” paragraph. The handbook was an essential piece of literature for new operators as they studied UDT operational procedures. Later, in 1973, the US Navy Diving manual lists the TUDOROyster Prince Submariner references7016 and 7021 as “Navy-approved” diving watches. In 1974, the National Stock Number system was introduced to track the supply system of the US Department of Defense. From 1978, under code 6645-01-068-1088, a supply officer could purchase and issue a TUDOR Oyster Prince Submariner reference 9411, or later 76100, to an approved sailor or operator in need of a reliable Navy-approved dive watch. This specific supply catalog entry was only retired in 2004.
Watches issued to members of the military are typically engraved with specific inventory codes, but the US Navy-issued TUDOR watches didn’t follow this pattern. There was never a force-wide, consolidated marking system. Instead, the issued watches were either sterile, or marked at the unit level, with many different coding typologies, most of which were used for inventory purposes.
Since many of these watches issued by the US Navy remain unmarked, it makes it quite difficult for watch scholars of today to determine the military provenance of a given TUDOR, even though official records indicate that very large quantities, in a number of references, were delivered over a span of multiple decades.
A UNIQUE SET OF SPECIFICATIONS
Initially developed in conjunction with active duty combat swimmers, the Pelagos FXD case is based on a set of specifications that are as precise as they are demanding. For this reason, it includes some functional features that are unique in the TUDOR collection, such as its fixed strap bars, which are directly machined into the main body of the 42mm titanium case for increased robustness and reliability.
Shaped as an extension of the lugs, they are key to the model's characteristic silhouette. Another feature of this model is the ergonomic 60-notch rotating bezel. Unidirectional with a luminescent material-filled 60-minute-graduated ceramic insert, it corresponds to ISO standard 6425:2018 for divers' watches.
In aesthetic terms, this Pelagos FXD model is inspired by the TUDOR divers’ watches historically used by US Navy personnel in the late 60’s through early 80’s. It is black in colour and has the characteristic square hour markers and angular hands, known as “Snowflake”, introduced by the brand in 1969 to increase the intensity of the luminescence of its watches in poor light conditions. It also features a unidirectional rotating bezel with a sand-blasted ceramic insert with luminescent material. Its 42mm titanium case is waterproof to 200 meters and is entirely satin-brushed to produce a matt effect to limit light reflections.
A FABRIC STRAP IN PURE NAVY STYLE
Historically, the US Navy oftentimes had their divers fit their TUDOR watches with fabric straps, typically one-piece ones in black or green made out of nylon. The two straps of the Pelagos FXD nod to this military custom of wearing watches on straps rather than bracelets, with a twist. A one-piece green fabric strap with red central thread and self-gripping fastening system comes as the flagship configuration, while an additional black embossed fabric-motif one-piece rubber strap brings a fresh subtle take to a classic look.
The one-piece fabric strap is one of the hallmarks of TUDOR, which in 2010 became one of the first watchmaking brands to offer it with its watches. Woven in France on 19th century Jacquard looms by the Julien Faure company in the St-Etienne region, its manufacturing quality, robustness and comfort on the wrist are unique.
For the Pelagos FXD model, a highly technical strap construction was developed by TUDOR and Julien Faure. Made up of a 22mm forest green nylon woven ribbon with a red central thread, a titanium “D” buckle and a self-gripping fastening system, it adapts to different wrist sizes and is very comfortable to wear.
THE MANUFACTURE CALIBREMT5602
The Manufacture Calibre MT5602 that drives the Pelagos FXD model displays the hours, minutes and seconds functions. It has the finish typical of TUDOR Manufacture Calibres: its rotor in tungsten monobloc is openwork and satin-brushed with sand-blasted details, while its bridges and mainplate have alternate sand-blasted, polished surfaces and laser decorations.
Its build has been designed to ensure robustness, longevity, reliability and precision, as has its variable inertia balance, which is maintained by a sturdy traversing bridge with a two-point fixation. Together with its non-magnetic silicon hairspring, the Manufacture Calibre MT5602 is certified as a chronometer by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC), with its performance going beyond the standards set by this independent institute. In fact, where COSC allows an average variation in the daily running of a watch of between -4 and +6 seconds in relation to absolute time in a single movement, TUDOR insists on between -2 and +4 seconds’ variation in its running when it is completely assembled.
Another notable feature is that the power reserve of the Manufacture Calibre MT5602 is “weekend-proof”; that is to say about 70 hours, which enables the wearer to take the watch off on a Friday evening and put it back on again on Monday morning without having to wind it.
THE TUDOR DIVERS’ WATCH
The history of the TUDOR divers’ watch dates back to 1954 with the launch of reference 7922. Waterproof to 100 meters (330 ft), it is the firstborn in a long line of “divers”. Affordable, robust, reliable and precise, it is representative of the tool-watch philosophy of the brand.
The seven decades following its introduction have witnessed the constant improvement of this TUDOR divers' watch and those that have gained unanimous acclaim from professionals in the field, including some of the greatest military navies in the world. With the introduction in 2021 of the first generation of Pelagos FXD, TUDOR continues to write its underwater story alongside some of the most elite navy units in the world.
THETUDOR MANUFACTURE
Every TUDOR watch is assembled and fully tested to TUDOR’s superior standards at the new TUDOR Manufacture located in Le Locle, Switzerland. This new state-of-the-art facility, bringing together the know-how of watchmakers with the best in production management and automated testing systems, was completed in 2021 after three years of construction. All decked out in TUDOR red, the Manufacture spans over four levels totalling more than 5,500 square meters and is physically and visually connected to the neighbouring Kenissi Manufacture, the TUDOR movement production facility founded in 2016.
With Kenissi and a network of TUDOR-owned affiliates, the brand has been able to integrate the development and production of high-performance mechanical calibres. As a consequence, TUDOR now fully masters the manufacturing of strategic components and can guarantee their quality.
THE TUDOR GUARANTEE
Since the brand’s creation by Hans Wilsdorf in 1926 and in line with his vision of the ideal timepiece, TUDOR has been ceaselessly creating watches that are as robust, durable, reliable and precise as possible. On the strength of this experience, and confident in the superior quality of its watches, TUDOR offers a five-year guarantee for all its products. This guarantee does not require the watch to be registered or submitted for periodic checks and is transferable. TUDOR also recommends that its watches should be serviced approximately every ten years depending on the model and the extent of its use on a day-to-day basis.
TUDOR IS BORNTODARE
In 2017, TUDOR launched a new campaign with the Born To Dare signature. It reflects both the history of the brand and what it stands for today. It tells the adventures of individuals who have achieved the extraordinary on land, on ice, in the air or underwater, with a TUDOR watch on their wrists. It also refers to the vision of Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of TUDOR, who manufactured TUDOR watches to withstand the most extreme conditions, watches made for the most daring lifestyles.
It is testimony to TUDOR’s singular approach to watchmaking, which has made it what it is today. At the cutting edge of the watchmaking industry, its innovations are now essential benchmarks. The TUDORBorn To Dare spirit is supported throughout the world by first class ambassadors, whose achievements result directly from a daring approach to life.
CASE Titanium case, 42mm in diameter, 12.75mm thick, 52mm from lug to lug Satin-brushed finish fixed strap bars, steel case back BEZEL Unidirectional rotating bezel in titanium with ceramic disc, 60-minute graduation WINDING CROWN Titanium crown, adorned with the TUDOR shield in relief WATERPROOFNESS Waterproof to 200 m (660 ft)
CALIBRE Manufacture Calibre MT5602 TOTAL DIAMETER31.8 mm THICKNESS 6.5 mm JEWELS 25 jewels Self-winding mechanical movement with bidirectional rotor system POWER RESERVE Certified 70 hours by METAS PRECISION Swiss chronometer officially certified by COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute) Master Chronometer Certification from METAS FUNCTIONS Centre hour, minute and seconds hands Stop-seconds for precise time setting OSCILLATOR Variable inertia balance, micro-adjustment by screw Non-magnetic silicon balance spring Frequency:28 800 beats/hour (4 Hz) DIAL Matt black dial with applied hour markers filled with grade X1 Swiss Super-LumiNova® luminous material CRYSTAL Domed sapphire crystal BRACELET Fabric strap with self-gripping fastening system, forest green with red
central thread, additional black rubber strap with woven motif and
titanium pin buckle, included in the box