Tudor Replica Watches Pelagos FXD ‘Milsup’

TUDOR has launched a new Pelagos FXD model inspired by the company’s historic military dive watches.Replica Tudor has been particularly focusing on the Pelagos line recently, including launching a watch commemorating its partnership with Alinghi Red Bull Racing as the Pelagos FXD. The brand’s longevity is demonstrated through a new product that is a modern reproduction of the so-called ‘Milsub (military submariner)’ delivered to the US Navy in the late 1950s.

The new Pelagos FXD is made of lightweight, yet strong and human-friendly titanium material. The case diameter is 42mm and the thickness is 12.75mm, and continues the Pelagos FXD series’ characteristic case-integrated fixed strap bars design (FXD comes from the word ‘fixed’, meaning ‘fixed’). This new product is the Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner Ref. produced in the late 1960s and delivered to the French Navy in the 1970s. It is most similar in appearance to the 7016. Even the square indexes and the characteristic hand design that later earned the nickname “Snowflakes” remain the same.
From the 1950s to the late 1980s, Tudor supplied several diver fake watches to the U.S. Navy SEALs, UDT, and Navy diving training institutions. Among them, the Oyster Prince Submariner Ref. 7928 was introduced as a professional diving watch as illustrated in the Underwater Demolition Team Handbook published in 1965, and in the US Navy Diving manual in 1973, the Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner Ref. The 7016 and 7021 models were mentioned as the dive watches officially approved by the U.S. Navy. Meanwhile, in 1974, the U.S. Department of Defense introduced the National Stock Number system to track the supply system, and starting in 1978, Tudor’s diver watches were assigned the code 6645-01-068-1088 and distributed to sailors through military supply officers. and team members the Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner Ref. 9411 followed by 76100 (this particular supply catalog was retired in 2004).
Pelagos FXD continues the design tradition of the original Pelagos FXD while inheriting the Tudor milsup, which boasts a long history. The unidirectional rotating titanium bezel has a black ceramic insert engraved with a 60-minute dive scale, and the front glass uses a flat sapphire crystal. At the bottom of the matte black dial, the English letters Pelagos are printed in red, consistently pursuing the ‘Redsub’ design like the previously released Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition. This is also a detail that honors the company’s military diver’s watch tradition.
The movement is equipped with the in-house automatic caliber MT5602. This is Tudor’s representative workhorse, also used in the Black Bay series. Equipped with a two-way rotor system and a power reserve of approximately 70 hours, you don’t have to adjust the time again on Monday morning even if you leave your watch on Friday evening. It has been certified by the Swiss Official Chronometer Institute (COSC), which guarantees the accuracy of timekeeping, and is equipped with a non-magnetic silicon balance spring to ensure high anti-magnetic performance. For reference, COSC certification standards stipulate that the daily tolerance range is -4 seconds to +6 seconds, but Tudor insists on within -2 seconds to +4 seconds based on not only movements but also fully assembled watches, ensuring accuracy that exceeds COSC standards. Guaranteed.
The strap is a fabric strap made by Julien Faure, a company located in the Saint-Etienne region of France, which has maintained a close partnership with Tudor for many years. The 22 mm wide forest green fabric with a red lining in the center further emphasizes the military style. Additionally, an interchangeable black rubber strap with a titanium pin buckle is provided, so you can enjoy changing the strap in any situation. Thanks to the fixed strap bar case, no additional tools are required when changing straps.
Tudor’s new Pelagos FXD (Ref. M25717N-0001) is a regular model, not a limited edition, and its domestic launch price is set at 5.53 million won.