Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT M2542G247NU-0002

The new Pelagos FXD GMT

Inspired by the French Navy and developed to ensure maximum precision and reliability in the adverse real-world conditions endured by personnel of the Aéronautique Navale, the aviation component of the French Navy.

Metas certification

METAS Master Chronometer certification is comprehensive and covers the main functional characteristics of a watch including precision, resistance to magnetic fields, waterproofness and power reserve. Its standards are incredibly high, starting with precision.

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.

CASE

42mm titanium case, satin-brushed finish, fixed strap bars

Lugs: 22mm lug width

Case thickness: 12.7mm

BEZEL
24-hour bidirectional rotatable bezel in titanium with black ceramic insert

WINDING CROWN
Titanium crown, adorned with the TUDOR shield in relief

DIAL

Matte black, hour markers painted beige

CRYSTAL
Sapphire crystal

WATERPROOFNESS
Waterproof to 200m (660 ft)

BRACELET
Green one-piece fabric strap with titanium pin buckle and keeper.
Extra removable fabric keeper with the French Naval Aviation roundel

MOVEMENT
Manufacture Calibre MT5652-U (COSC and METAS certified)
Self-winding mechanical movement with bidirectional rotor system
Integrated GMT function

POWER RESERVE

65-hour power reserve

PRECISION

Certification by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC)
Precision at two temperatures, in six different positions and at two different levels of power reserve: 100% and 33%