Short story long.
I’ve been collecting reps for 11 years.
10 years ago there were some nice reps but the quality overall has gone up.
I took about a five year break from the forums.
I had a certain taste in watches previously and coming back my taste has expanded.
I was not a Rolex guy. Since I’ve returned I’ve picked up a number of them.
Now I’ve gotten into some Tudors and I find that I like them over the Rolex’s
My Pelagos is a favorite and a great rep in my opinion.
I picked up a Blue Bronze Bucherer and love that one as well.
Recently I picked up a “Pepsi” GMT from ZF. Not perfect but a nice piece.
With that experience I pulled the trigger quickly on the 58.
Still gathering an opinion but first impressions are:
This is the smallest Tudor I have. The size and look feels retro to me.
I like the simplicity of this one as well as many of the other Tudors I have.
The bracelet is smaller than the GMT’s. Not as wide.
Yes the hands have a different shade of lume then the markers but it doesn’t bother me at all.
The crystal has a different shape to it giving different looks depending on the angle that I’m looking at it.
The crown sticks out more than the GMT but that may be the same on the gens.
I personally prefer no date watches as that was one of the more visible tells on my older reps.
The sunken date.
Will they fix any of these issues? Probably but when?
Prices seem to be higher for reps than they used to be.
Compared to some reps I believe this one is a good value.
I’m not a modder
I believe that watches are a personal taste.
There are some reps that even though they may be an accurate replica, I wouldn’t get it.
This one is somewhat smaller than my tastes but it will get wrist time.
