Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT Owner Review : Comfortable, attractive and luminous

Arriving at the end of 2024 in the Pelagos family, a great success in my opinion. Aesthetically, I find it to have very beautiful proportions. The colors are perfectly matched between the very beautiful matte black of the bezel and the dial, and the vintage-style cream indexes. An incredible super luminova, blue indexes and hands, green bezel indications. You can read the time without problem until the end of the night. Grade 2 titanium for the case, grade 5 for the back. Back engraved M.N. followed by the last two digits of the vintage. The strap is in military green fabric, with a removable naval aviation badge for those who would like a little more discretion. It's hard to say how it will withstand use, but it looks very sturdy, and at the same time very thin, so the watch does not take up too much thickness on the wrist, unlike many classic NATO straps. The orange GMT hand looks great on the matte black and green, complementary colors. I tried to wear it on an orange Nato, and it looks pretty good, even if I prefer the original strap. Beautiful titanium Tudor buckle. The lug width is 22 mm, the lugs are short, which means that the watch can be worn by small wrists, despite its 42mm diameter Despite the GMT complication, the thickness remains very contained, thinner I think than its little sister FXD M.N of the MN combat swimmers, and much thinner than the Black Bay Pro, another GMT of the brand (see photos). In short, beautiful work, very pleasant and light to wear. The date window at 3 o'clock is not annoying, because of its contained size, identical to the size of the indexes, and very readable with its cream color on the black background of the watch. Metas and COSC certified 70 hours of power reserve Between the GMT hand and the 24-hour graduated bezel, we actually have two time zones (for those who really travel a lot...) A great success, for less than half the price of a GMT II from the cousin with the crown