Once again, the rapprochement between the watch brand and Ducati, the legendary Italian motorcycle creator, has delivered its fair share of wow. The partnership, which began in 2011, contributed to TUDOR's development of the Fastrider, a technical and sporty line of watches that pays homage to performance. In 2013, you may recall, it was the Fastrider Black Shield chronograph, with a matt black ceramic monobloc middle case, that echoed the much-coveted Ducati Diavel. In response to this rather imaginative initiative, and basing itself on the same aesthetic cues as the watch, Ducati, for its part, chose to customize its model by producing a transcendent all-black version that struck a real chord with the markets.
In 2015, it is now the turn of the anti-conformist Ducati Scrambler, a mythical model that TUDOR's new chronograph reflects with unfettered and spontaneous language as well as technology. Ducati's DNA harbors a touch of exhilaration that is difficult to contain, it is adventurous, limitless. The new Fastrider chronograph will therefore also emanate that libertarian spirit, spiced with nonchalance, which TUDOR's Style Workshop decided to substantiate with three differently colored dials, each highly readable and stripped to the bare bones: bright yellow, the model's traditional color, olive green, with an urban-virile look, and retro-chic red.
The esthetic cues of the two-wheelers have been prioritized, right down to the two bracelets that embrace the extreme matt black steel case – waterproof to 150 meters – with a contrasting matt black ceramic bezel, and a pusher-crown coupling treated with matt black PVD. One bracelet features gadroons typical of leather saddles, the other is in matt black rubber. The esthetic dialog with the motorcycle finds its expression in an angular cowling that screams motorcyclical references, and inside which is an automatic mechanism with a power reserve of around 46 hours. The movement has been enhanced with a calendar function with rapid corrector, which is displayed in a large aperture at 4.30.
Fastrider reference 42010N, technical specifications
Case
Monobloc middle case, 42 mm, 316L stainless steel, screw-down case back and winding crown, matt black ceramic bezel. Screw-down crown with double waterproofness system (150 meters / 500 feet), matt black PVD-treated steel pushers, at 9 o'clock, matt black PVD-treated steel (requiring the use of a TUDOR accessory), matt black PVD-treated steel, scratch-resistant sapphire.
Movement
Caliber 7753, self-winding mechanical movement with unidirectional rotor system (about 46 hours of power reserve), 28,000 vph (4Hz), 27 stones, diameter 30.4 mm , height 7.9 mm, sweep hour, minute and chrono hand, small seconds at 9 o'clock, 30-minute totalizer at 3 o'clock and 12-hour totalizer at 6 o'clock, date at 4.30.
Two bracelets:
Black leather or rubber, folding clasp and safety catch.
Dials
Matt-finish yellow, green or red, black flange with black minute markers and hour marking with black luminescent material, black hour markers and TUDOR logo, grey counters, black contour, hour and minute hands in ruthenium with white luminescent material, chronograph second hand in ruthenium, totalizers and chronograph small seconds in ruthenium and yellow, green or red.
Catchy promo vid here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jj-M9-fb50
In 2015, it is now the turn of the anti-conformist Ducati Scrambler, a mythical model that TUDOR's new chronograph reflects with unfettered and spontaneous language as well as technology. Ducati's DNA harbors a touch of exhilaration that is difficult to contain, it is adventurous, limitless. The new Fastrider chronograph will therefore also emanate that libertarian spirit, spiced with nonchalance, which TUDOR's Style Workshop decided to substantiate with three differently colored dials, each highly readable and stripped to the bare bones: bright yellow, the model's traditional color, olive green, with an urban-virile look, and retro-chic red.
The esthetic cues of the two-wheelers have been prioritized, right down to the two bracelets that embrace the extreme matt black steel case – waterproof to 150 meters – with a contrasting matt black ceramic bezel, and a pusher-crown coupling treated with matt black PVD. One bracelet features gadroons typical of leather saddles, the other is in matt black rubber. The esthetic dialog with the motorcycle finds its expression in an angular cowling that screams motorcyclical references, and inside which is an automatic mechanism with a power reserve of around 46 hours. The movement has been enhanced with a calendar function with rapid corrector, which is displayed in a large aperture at 4.30.
Fastrider reference 42010N, technical specifications
Case
Monobloc middle case, 42 mm, 316L stainless steel, screw-down case back and winding crown, matt black ceramic bezel. Screw-down crown with double waterproofness system (150 meters / 500 feet), matt black PVD-treated steel pushers, at 9 o'clock, matt black PVD-treated steel (requiring the use of a TUDOR accessory), matt black PVD-treated steel, scratch-resistant sapphire.
Movement
Caliber 7753, self-winding mechanical movement with unidirectional rotor system (about 46 hours of power reserve), 28,000 vph (4Hz), 27 stones, diameter 30.4 mm , height 7.9 mm, sweep hour, minute and chrono hand, small seconds at 9 o'clock, 30-minute totalizer at 3 o'clock and 12-hour totalizer at 6 o'clock, date at 4.30.
Two bracelets:
Black leather or rubber, folding clasp and safety catch.
Dials
Matt-finish yellow, green or red, black flange with black minute markers and hour marking with black luminescent material, black hour markers and TUDOR logo, grey counters, black contour, hour and minute hands in ruthenium with white luminescent material, chronograph second hand in ruthenium, totalizers and chronograph small seconds in ruthenium and yellow, green or red.
Catchy promo vid here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jj-M9-fb50
