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I’d go for the Tudor, looks fine on your wrist and not too small.

 

I vote Tudor. Looks good on your wrist. I think it's the better watch through and through. Although, if you prefer the TAG, that wouldn't be a bad choice.

 

As much as I would choose Tudor over Tag, IMO the Tag compliments your wrist better.

 

I'm not much of a Tudor fan and a big TAG fan, but if you are talking about a 25500TN-0001, there are a few advantages to the Pelagos. First, it's a Titanium case which is a big plus in my book, much easier to heft. The Pelagos uses an MT5612 movement (one of the Kenessi variants) and is a Certified Chronometer. The Tudor version of the Kenessi movement has a silicon hairspring so by-by to magnetization (I have a Breitling Superocean Heritage with the B20 version of the same movement with a metal hairspring and it's currently magnetized).

The TAG uses a bog plain ETA 2824-2, not a Certified Chronometer. The MT5612 has a seventy hour reserve where the 2824-2 is only thirty-nine.

A couple thoughts in TAGs corner; Titanium is easier to scratch and shows it much more boldly, any ETA movement is much easier to service and parts are available everywhere.

I wouldn't worry about the size, they both look fine. The TAG's only a mm larger.

I personally don't care for the snowflake hour hand but it is easy to see. Oh, and I can't stand that clown laughing at me.

Good luck, you'll be fine with either choice.

 

Tudor is a much better watch than the Tag, which like most Tags is wildly overpriced, and not really any better than a watch like the Hydroconquest.

If you're still willing to consider possible alternatives, I think the Oris Aquis trounces the Tag. Cal 400 Aquis is not that much more than the AR 300, and the movement is night/day better than the bog standard Sellita that Tag is using.

 

Get the tudor, man.

 

Two-Door

 

TooDoor...

 

In my opinion, the full-sized Pelagos is the best tool diver out there, full stop. This isn’t even close to a fair fight.

I find the TAG to be fussy, with a disharmonious design - dodecagon bezel, porthole internal cyclops, “teak” dial. They chucked everything at that puppy in the hopes that some of it might stick. By contrast, the Pelagos design is lean and focused. It’s stark bordering on brutalist. If that’s your bag, you could do much, much worse.

 

This!

 

Tudor, no question

 

I'm a big Tag Heuer fan but I would definitely take the Pelagos. If it was a black dial Carrera it would be a tougher choice for me.

 

At the end of the day, how it looks is the most important thing.

The Tag is sooooooo much cooler looking. Although I personally think the current generation of aqua racer 200m is even more stylish with the subtle fade on the dial, the 300m is damn cool in its own right.

Tudor is technically impressive but booooooriiiiing to look at.

just my opinion, but I say go to whichever one gives you that “heck yeah” feeling whenyou see it on your wrist

 

While I believe the Tudor is a class above that particular TAG, it is a little brutalistic (stark dial, gray color, single finish, blocky case) for someone in finance, at least as I picture it in my head.

In that sense, the aquaracer looks a little more appropriate - in so much as a rotating bezel can fit in with coat-and-slacks.

But I would (did) buy a Pelagos. Throw in another $500 for a nice seiko cocktail time or one of the myriad of microbrand/Japanese sports watches without a rotating bezel.

 

Tag..HOT,,, Tudor ...NOT

Hope that helps..Get the TAG, don't get something ugly just because it's Rolexy or high brow...it's still not as attractive as the TAG.

 

Pelagos.

 

Let's be honest here, your fi/bros are not going to recognize either; if it ain't a rollie it ain't worth noticing. Save up, buy rolex at any cost and show the finance world you're a force to be reckoned with. What do they say, 'don't wear the watch you can afford, wear the watch you wish you could afford'.

 

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Tudor without a second thought. That particular TAG is awful-looking IMO.

 

Tudor has that ugly hour hand and TAG is TAG, keep looking.

 

They both work for you so get the one you like better. The size of the Tudor is not too small for you unless you think it is too small for you. As a comparison, I am 6'4" and an athletic 185 and wear a 36mm Tudor Black Bay all the time. It is not too small for me.

 

As an owner of an Aquaracer,

Get the Tudor

 

Tooter for the win. IMHO it's a class above the Tag. I own two Tudor GMT's and couldn't be happier. I bought a Tag Aquaracer and didn't like it. Ended up gifting it to one of my sons.

 

Not even close. Tudor.

I think an Omega Seamaster would be best though.

image from Ethos Watches

 

If I were a GD giant like you I would go for a planet Ocean. You can find them in several sizes all the way up to 45.5mm. Otherwise, Pelagos all day. This will piss some people off, but the Tag is just a high end Seamaster..homage...

 

Tag..HOT,,, Tudor ...NOT

Hope that helps..Get the TAG, don't get something ugly just because it's Rolexy or high brow...it's still not as attractive as the TAG.

I appreciate not being a fan of the Tudor but "ugly"? It's such a safe, common, classic design... which part of it is "ugly" to you?

 

Yes, poor choice on my part, thought went direct from my brain to my keyboard, sorry about that to Tudor fans. A better choice would've been the Tag is much more attractive to me.

For me, and only for me...the Hands are too heavy especially the hour hand. It is not attractive to me. The giant square hour markers further make the watch less attractive. The giant rectangular marker at the 9 positions clashes with the smaller square date window on the right. The hour marker squares clash with the beveled surface that meets the dial. It has the appearance of watch design as an elementary school math project to identify hidden geometric patterns....squares, rectangles, triangles, circles...weird square date window that looks incongruent...the elements don't seem to mesh into some sort of harmony... On the other hand, you can tell whomever designed the tag went to great lengths to make it pretty..to make the elements blend together into a very interesting where you keep staring at it and finding new things.

I hope that answers your question better.

 

1000% Tudor.
TAG is overrated & overpriced (to put it nicely).

 

if i had to choose between the two, and only those two.. it would probably be a tag even though the the Tudor actually suits what intend to use it for as its a little more subtle. The tag is more to look at. , but given a little more leeway of choice, i'd say the Oris as pictured above is better..

that said, when it comes to sports coat and pants and to work scenario,.. i'd rather an Omega Aqua terra.

 

Which do you like more?

I think the Tudor is better in every way. But I also own a Tudor and don't like TAGs.