Hand-on The Mens Tudor Fastrider Black Shield Replica Watch For Sale
Tudor Fastrider Black Shield Replica watch
It was found by the same father – Hans Wilsdorf – as a more affordable, yet still high quality Tudor Fastrider Black Shield replica watch for the less wealthy consumer. In 1926 Wilsdorf said this about the new venture: “For some year now I have been considering the idea of making the watch that our agents could sell at a more modest price than our Rolex watches, and yet one that would attain the standards of dependability for which Rolex is famous. It is called Tudor Watch Company.” Tudor is, as you for sure already know, a smaller, sister brand of Rolex.
Construction is a monoblock (meaning one piece) with attached ceramic bezel (with molded tachymetre scale) and black, full caseback. Black pushers, crown and rubber strap’s buckle (neatly finished might I add) were all made using the blackened steel. Matt finish highlights very impressive quality, with all the small details and different surfaces adding to a very well made and very handsome case. Even the date correction button at 9 o’clock was given a very nice frame and detailing. Main focus of the mens Tudor Fastrider Black Shield copy watch is the already mentioned ceramic – a brave choice by a small Tudor. Most brands from this market segment would easily go with PVD or DLC coating on steel, as a simple way to make an-black watch, but the Geneva based company preferred to undertake a more difficult, more expensive way. Even more difficult if you consider that Rolex does not make ceramic cases at all. Fastrider’s Blackshield body is all made from a scratch resistant, hard and light zirconium oxide.
There were two different dials made. One has gold-beige applications the other one – subject of this review – comes with bright red applications. This one was my selection because it is both more sporty and corresponds better with Tudor’s main partner – Ducati. If somehow the name does not ring a bell for you, Ducati is a famous Italian motorcycle maker, founded and based in Bologna since 1926. Together both companies created a joint marketing campaign, including the red-black, one-of-a-kind Ducati Diavel Carbon bike – a perfect match for the red-black timepiece.
For years it existed side-by-side with Rolex, bringing up some true icons like the Snowflake Submariner or the Montecarlo. And that, at some point, it went into oblivion. The rebirth came at 2010 BaselWorld, and already the premier collection with the magnificent Heritage Chronograph created an incredible buzz. The Tudor Fastrider Blackshield came 3 years later.
Wearing the watch for full 2 weeks gave me a lot of pleasure. Not only I like it all-black, I also loved how the 42mm ceramic case feels on the wrist. Stop-watch work is smooth and setting the timepiece with the crown is not a problem at all. The quality is all there, black integrated rubber strap works well and so does all the mechanics, which brings us to the movement.
Perhaps the single thing that strikes the most about Tudor’s ceramic watch is the price tag. I said before, that ceramic is quite an expensive material to use, not to mention for a small brand, yet somehow Tudor managed to price the piece at 4.700CHF. It is way lees than any other full ceramic watch on the market, but still the quality is all there. I almost felt like wearing a black Daytona – those saying that Tudor offers Rolex quality are certainly not far from truth.
It might be so that the dial, with its matt surface and bright-red indices, may require some getting used to, but it has a lot of character and quite cool, sporty feel. It may also not be the most readable dial you’ve came across, but that is not a serious problem. The display includes central hour and minute hand, small second at 9 o’clock, round date window at 4:30 and the chronograph. This one comes with a central seconds hand and two small sub-dials: 30minutes at 3 o’clock and 12hours at 6.
I enjoy the brand a lot, Heritage Chrono with grey dial is top of my wish-list and the Tudor Fastrider Blackshield is no doubt a Tudor copy watch to consider. Especially if you like it black, sporty and modestly modern. And try to get a Ducati bike to go with it – I enjoyed them, stationary, only for a brief photo shoot session, but boy would I love to take one home.
