TUDOR | Pelagos FXD - Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition

To celebrate its partnership with Alinghi Red Bull Racing, TUDOR is unveiling two brand new Pelagos FXD models: a chronograph and a time-only watch inspired by yacht racing.

CARBON COMPOSITE TITANIUM AND STAINLESS STEEL

The Pelagos FXD “Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition” models come with several firsts for TUDOR, that go beyond just the watches. A long-term partnership between TUDOR and Alinghi Red Bull Racing was launched in 2022, the first time TUDOR ventured into the world of competitive yacht racing. In this centuries-old sport, victory comes by fusing a resolutely daring human spirit with the most cutting-edge technology. The watches were born out of this philosophy, by combining a high-tech carbon composite, a first for TUDOR, with titanium and stainless steel, just like on an AC75(America’s Cup 75) hydrofoil racing yacht. It’s also the first time TUDOR has integrated a chronograph calibre into a fixed strap bars case.

The Alinghi Red Bull Racing AC75 represents the very best in cutting-edge maritime engineering, utilizing a proprietary blend of carbon, titanium and stainless steel to give shape to a hull that leaps out of the water at speed.

RACE READY DIALS

Wearing the same hue of the hull of the AC75, the matte dials put legibility first and foremost. While both dials are finished in Alinghi Red Bull Racing Team Blue with a red-tipped second hand, the Chronograph model features red accents around the counters to further hint at the aesthetics of the AC75, namely the red stripes on the hull. On the 45° angled rehaut, between 10 and 2, a subtle “Alinghi Red Bull Racing” mention overarches the dial’s layout. The signature square hour-markers and “Snowflake” hands, designed back in the sixties by TUDOR to offer larger luminous surfaces and thus improve legibility, are fashioned from luminescent ceramic composite for optimal legibility in challenging conditions.

A SEAFARING FABRIC STRAP

Le bracelet en tissu est l’une des signatures de TUDOR qui est devenue, en 2010, l’une des toutes premières marques horlogères à le proposer avec ses montres. Tissé de manière artisanale sur des métiers Jacquard à navette du XIXe siècle par l’entreprise Julien Faure dans la région de Saint-Étienne, en France, sa qualité, sa robustesse et son confort au porter sont uniques. Pour les modèles Pelagos FXD, une construction très technique de bracelet a été développée par TUDOR et Julien Faure. Composé d’un ruban Jacquard « Team Blue » de 22 mm avec couture rouge en bout, d’une boucle « D » en titane et d’un système d’attache auto-grippant, il s’adapte à différentes tailles de poignet tout en offrant un grand confort d’utilisation.

The single-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 models, a highly technical strap construction was developed by TUDOR and Julien Faure. Made up of a 22 mm “Team Blue” jacquard-woven ribbon with red accents and a titanium “D” buckle with a self-gripping fastening system, it adapts to different wrist sizes and is very comfortable to wear.