Diving Deep! Tudor Black Bay 58 vs. Pelagos 

Best review on the internet! Pelagos is my fave! Cheers!

BB58 black is near to perfect, great blend of vintage ethos with modern functionality.

The lume on the bezel of the Pelagos is just so awesome!!

Can't be bothered to read all the comments, but just in case someone hasn't mentioned it. The Pelagos isn't entirely made from Titanium. The case back and parts of the clasp are actually stainless steel.

Fantastic review, I have the black bay 58 in blue and I am totally in love with it, since I have owned it my whole rotation of watches has changed I literally cannot take it off the wrist, it’s so comfortable because of its low profile it’s so wearable, and the blue in person absolutely pops I haven’t seen any photograph or video that does it justice, I think it’s the perfect one watch, I do see how it can be slightly dressy for some people and has lost the real tool Watch aesthetics. But for me at the moment I’m still in love with it. Good to see the new content coming out but I’ve been binge watching your older content fantastic channel keep up the good work❤️.

Great review! Actually just ordered myself the BB58 in black, can't wait to get it!

I just purchased the black BB58. So tempted by the Navy blue 58 and the black Pelagos, but I love the smaller profile and vintage look. I also felt it was the more versatile and approachable watch. Great review/comparison... Subscribed!

Great comparison video!👌

Just based on your footage of the seamaster I think it fit well on you! Anyway, great channel, subscribed!

Thank you, very nice review. You deserve more subscribers! I have the Black Bay 58 with the blue dial and am loving it, but yeah, the black one is extraordinary, so I'm on a waiting list for that one as well. Eventually, I’d also like to add a Pelagos to the collection.

Love your review

Good review for this pelagos it's an amazing brand

You read my mind you post this video while I was going to search for a Tudor review, I was in the mall on the weekend and I saw the black bay I was thinking about getting one they look amazing but I wanted to get more information thank you for the video

These are the two I own. Personally the bb58 blue and bronze aren’t for me but are lovely looking watches.

Still can't decide which one I like more but thanks for the video!

Great review

Fantastic video

Both very nice. My preference falls with the BB58 and its modern vintage vibes.

I have the black BB58 and was considering selling it and getting a black Pelagos. A guy is interested in the BB58 so I got it out to take some photos for him. Setting it up for the pictures, I fell in love with it again. I'm going to do a side by side comparison with the Pelagos on Monday night but I think I know which way I'll be going. BB58.

I think the pelagos clasp should be on every bracelet! That’s awesome

Very informative review. Subscribed

Great video

I have always wanted the blue pelagos since it’s release but haven’t pulled the trigger due to the size. I’ve worn similarly sized watches but order smaller. I owned the blue bb58 which I really liked but missed having better micro adjustments on the clasp. I ended up trading it as a good deal came up but I’m now considering it again 😂🤦🏻‍♂️ I’m about to get either a bb58 or pelagos next month (just waiting for a Grand Seiko sale to go through) and your video has helped that decision making process. So far I have: Size: bb58 Price: bb58 Bracelet: pelagos (no rivets) Clasp: pelagos (more micro adjustments)

Pelagos 42 wins hands down for me. Big, bold, sporty and the lume 😮

The extender on the Pelagos is there for expansion of suit/arm while underwater

Quick note- when opening the bb58 clasp, open using a nail or finger tip from the bottom of the shield (rather than the top like you usually would). I saw it on a video and it feels much better and less clunky to open like that, actually like it’s well designed.

great review- thinking about the Tudor BB58

Each to their own. I bought the BB58 because it spoke to me as a throughly modern outdoors/utility watch, and, worn on a Nato, it has more than lived up to the role. My wrist is substantially larger than yours and the BB58 is the perfect size. I still admire that Pelagos though.

Nice comparison. Not many with both of these, such different philosophies. I'm really not sure how I feel about faux vintage.

I guess in terms of looks and pricing, Oris aquis collection, rado captain cook and omega sea-master can be considered than Tudor black bay. Would be eager to hear your thoughts on these?

“A lot dressier, a lot prettier” is the reason I went with BB58. AD had BB, BB58 and Pelagos in stock. Tried them all on. BB58 was the winner for me.

Almost bought the BB 58 but settled on the BB GMT, great travel watch without breaking the bank.

I went Rip Van Winkle when watches over 40mm came into fashion (late 90’s thru present?). Just kept re-strapping my 37mm quartz Victorinox Calvaries, and never knew any better. And always removed them well before getting in the water. Then just didn’t want anything on my wrist and went to pocket watches, my favorite being a 50mm 992B, and still had no inkling of the current trends. Then I saw the BB58, and thought, that has an old soul in a new body, and I’ll wear that, and can take down. Guess that’s why I don’t have the perception that a 38 mm would wear small on my 7 inch wrist.

Great video! Sub and Like added! I'd love to pick up a Pelagos, if they release one in stainless steel!

Love both watches. Bought the BB58 first in blue. I do have one gripe. Watch bracelet w/faux rivets is like a fake exhaust on a fine German automobile.

Love BB58. Unfortunately lack of AR coating is a big let down for me. If Tudor ads AR coating to the watch, I'll be placing an order the next day. Thanks for the video - I watched it primary to compare how the Pelagos and BB58 handle reflections.

I am on a waiting list for the black 58

I have the 39mm Explorer and the blue bb58. It's a great 2 and done collection for all occasion. Now, if I could just add a Panerai, an Omega and a Grand Seiko...

Love my pelagos and would like the bb58 but would look stupid on my 8.5” wrist 😩

I think the 58 is meant to recall the 1958 Tudor Submarine, hence the 58 ;) great video

Hey, thanks for such a great comparison video! I'm just wondering how's your opinion on the Tissot Seastar 1000 Powermatic 80, black dial with steel bracelet. Do you consider it as a heavy watch? I'm having that piece for about 7 months now. Salute from Indonesia!

I'd love to own them both but I myself would go the bb58. I have a seiko MM300.

Bang on review, and I'm with you 100% on sizing and smaller watches. Comfort is king at the end of the day! That said, I owned the 58 and Pelagos but let go of the 58 over time as the vintage styling didn't sync with me long term, whereas the modern tool vibe of the Pelagos fits me perfectly. I do miss the comfort on wrist of the 58 though at times

Good Day; Honestly, if you have the means?! Go for both. But the if not! My option would be the Pelagos. Love the expansion/adjustable clasp. All Tudors should have those clasps.

I want to buy the full line up in Tudor Collection: Black Pelagos, Navy Blue BB58, and the reverse panda (black with white subdial) BB Chrono. But I don’t have the money (right now at least) to own any of it. So I just bought a Seiko 5 😂. But I have a large wrist and like big watches. Each watch has its own vibe and feeling. Love the blue lume on the Pelagos, I don’t like the green one most of watches have...

Pelagos. Hands down.

What was your ranking of the pelagos, 58, seamaster 300, and the seamaster 300m?

Nice video! I walked away from a BB58 and have since regretted my decision. I'll wait for 10 April and it nothing interesting comes out, hope I can get a second shot from the AD for the 58 again.

I got a BB 41mm and hesitate and finally adopt the BB 🤪

Pely wins it, imho. Good review by the way.

Good review. Is there a waitlist for the Pelagos? If there is, how long did you have to wait for yours? Thank you.

Open the clasp on the right, on the triangel side, its a lot easier

Very nice review... I greatly respect the Pelagos, but it's not a watch for me. I got myself a BB58 on a leather strap. Very happy with it, and a great quality strap and clasp as well. In fact, many of my decisions points to get it are the same as yours mentioned in the video. I have only one tiny little issue with it... 'Genève' on the dial. Reminds me of the most boring city I ever visited. Just kidding... (though it is a pretty dull place). Greetings from Belgium...

We have similar wrists and similar watches :) Pelagos sits fine, however that is my limit at lug-to-lug. Is not oversized by any means, however more Tudor watches having same proportions as the BB58 is more than welcomed. Let's see what they will offer this April.

BB58 felt like it was too small and trying too hard to be a vintage dressed up submariner. Felt like a fashion homage watch to me which is fine if that’s what you want. Went home with a blue Pelagos. It’s been spending at least an hour a day underwater, can’t even feel it when swimming compared to my steel watches. Modern tough tool/dive watch, not a dressy watch. I’ve been using the T clasp bracelet several times a day to change the fit thought the day and changing environments. Most I’ve ever spent on a watch and I think it was totally worth it.

This price quote i take it is in U.s dollars and does it vary from country to country ???

Which one is lighter? I thought Pelagos could be lighter because it’s made up of titanium even though it is bigger?

Prlagos for me ws itd a little bit different to other brands dive offerings. I went for the LHD its amasing and quirky. Shiny doee nkt equal dressy neither are dressy , still a great watch.

BB 58!

Re: Unnecessarily big watches - have a look at the Seamster 300m mid-size. I have one from the early 2000's in black. Didn't get the blue Bond model on purpose. The mid-size is great! Good vid. Keep at it!

I think BB58 is as close to perfect as watches come at any price range.

Pelagos reduced to a 40mm case and reduce the thickness

Why the 58 all the time? Surely the heratige 41 is a better match for the Pelagos?? Been a while now so the 58 has lost its drama I hope. Got my 41 a couple of weeks ago and I'm loving it because I have a bigger wrist. Getting tired now of the 58 as it seems is everyone else. Regards from England 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Tudor Pelagos Fifty-Eight =)

Problem is I really love having a date window. Thats enough reason for me to not get a bb58

Love both can afford neither

Hi! Congrats nice video. I m in heistation between pelagos and seamaster 300 Co axial. You have tried the both, what s your opinion ? And your Fav ? Thanks for your help.

BB58 all day son!

You can open the clasp of the black bay very easily. Instead of doing it the way you did flip over the first part then pull up at the bottom end of the clasp not the top. Pops right open

Tudors are like new Rolex old stock, virtually no difference between contemporary Tudor’s and Rolex from 70s/80s.

Titanium one for sure

I love my Pelagos for sure and it absolutely doesn’t wear like a 42- more like a 40. Sidenote: it’s NOT all titanium. The clasp is steel as is some other parts as well. Good review otherwise

To me the Pelagos has always looked like a much cheaper watch than it is.

If you look carefully, you will see that the 50mm lug-to-lug distance is wider than the reviewer's wrist. I think a 39-40mm watch works better in this case, (pun intended).

The one thing that bug's me with the Pelagos is the 5 lines of writing above the six, It's a deal breaker for me.

BB58 lug to lug is a tad too long, which defeats its otherwise desirable smaller (39mm) case diameter...

love the Pelegos so much more. I just cant bear those hideous rivets on the BB bracelet..they just ruin it and make it look like a cheap £50 market watch, ditch them i may get one. I have the Pelegos to go alongside my Rolex GMT batman and James Cameron DSD. I went for the 42mm for my 7,5 inch wrist

You’re opening the bb58 wrong …

Pelagos is nice but has to flaws.The bezel to thick for a non chrongraph watch and lume on a bezel that isn't the most durable.

Already had a sub, so got the blue pelagos :p ones a poser the other is a tool :p

BB58 all day

To me, round hour markers and snowflake hands doesn't work. Round markers go with mercedes hands and snowflake hands need square markers. I love titanium watches so it's pelagos all day long for me.

I'd be all about the pelagos if it wasn't as tall and had the same blue color as the blue bb58, the blue they chose for the pelagos makes it look like cheap plastic

I wish Tudor made an alternative to my grail Rolex Explorer 2 Polar. If it looked half as good as new old stock Rolex Explorer 2 I’d camp out overnight at my nearest AD and throw my money over the counter before security escorts me to the back of the queue. 😂

LHD

I want so much to love the pelagos. Titanium is just the right material for luxury watches. It blows my mind that it isn’t the standard and SS is the secondary material, given the price point of virtually any luxury watch. The cost of the materials on the high end would still be sub $200. With that said, I just don’t. It’s too big, it’s too clunky and the design is nowhere near as elegant and pretty as the BB58. I have the newer version of the same Seamaster 300 he shows in this video. NOT a tool watch, not a true dive watch, though it’s advertised and set up with the appropriate features. But honestly.. anything over 50m WR is enough for most buyers. 0.5% of people going diving on a tropical vacation will actually use their watch for the intended purpose, and any of these excellent timepieces for Rolex, Omega, Tudor, etc will shrug off the task. I wouldn’t hesitate for a second to take my 300 diving, with the knowledge that it was built and tested to survive with ease.. but it’s still not a true tool, dive watch. I like the idea of the Pelagos, but no the execution. The BB58 is absolutely lovely, in black and in blue. And I’d love to get it in blue, but I already got my SM300 in blue. I see myself getting a BB58 in black one day soon. I am head over heels in love with the BB58 in bronze, but the tarnishing over time is just too much. There are posts of it looking like oxidized silver after only 6 months. SS, with a black dial sounds good to me.

Nice watches! I'd pick the pelagos. I'm waiting for this whole "aged" look fad to go away. The 58 would look so much better with just black and white with a standard black bezel. I don't understand why tudor can't make that happen in any of there watches besides the Pelagos. It's either a phoney vintage look, or they have to mess up an almost perfectly executed look with a colored bezel! Why? Just why?

It's not PELLA-GOS. It's pronounced PEL-LA-GOES :P

Are these your watches? You talk about them like someone else owns them?

It's the same watch, what is there to compare????

A lot prettier than the Pelagos? Don't think so, the aesthetics of the Pelagos are near perfection.

You have a very small wrist the Pelagos is way too big for you, A BB 58 size is the upper limit of what you can wear. Sorry, this wasn't meant to be mean it's just what I'm seeing and how it works for your wrist.

this shit looking hour hand on such a perfect watch

Lol the seamaster is not large or heavy at all

Enjoyed your video. Pelagos superb black Bay 58 handsome however, those RIVETS on the side of the bracelet HAS NO FUNCTIONALITY NO PURPOSE outside of being an EYESORE. THUMBS DOWN 👎👎. Will not purchase any Tudors with RIVETS.

The pelegos looks like a chinese fake of the bbay58, cant imagine wearing something that ridiculously big whilst feeling really light... yuck

Just got mine (pelagos 39)and I am quite disappointed to feel how rough the winding function is on the movement it clicks and feels nasty compared to all my other Tudor watches. Anyone else with is issue. I seems to be keeping time but it’s hard for me to overlook this. Nothing smooth or buttery about it.