Tudor Fastrider Black Shield

The Fastrider Black Shield chronograph is the black leather-clad bad boy Tudor/Ducati mashup we didn’t know we needed.

One of Tudor’s coolest contemporary chronos, this Reference 42000CR features a 42mm matte black, bead-blasted ceramic and stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal, signed screwdown crown, blacked out bezel with tachymeter scale etchings, ‘mushroom’ chronograph pushers and a Ducati logo inspired shield emblem on the 9 o’clock side which cleverly doubles up as recessed date corrector. 

With a matte black dial housing a trio of tone on tone subsidiary registers, applied red indices, a matching skeletonized handset and a circle date aperture at 4:30, this piece is stealthy with a decidedly aggressive design language perfect for sportbike - or perhaps ballistic missile submarine - culture. 

Powered by the self-winding Valjoux Calibre 7753, this piece is fitted to a black leather strap with red stitching (natch) and a signed, blackened steel locking clasp with ceramic components. In virtually brand-spanking new condition with only light signs of wear from careful handling this piece is a hard to find piece that was in production for a very short time!

Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf created Tudor in 1926 for the everyman — for miners, construction workers and all sorts of tradesmen. For your everyday person Rolex was sometimes — and is now more so than ever — out of reach. It was meant for the explorer and the businessman, whereas Tudor was to be a different creature entirely.

In creating Tudor, Wilsdorf wanted to offer “a 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.”

Tudors were in many ways Rolexes in all but name, with the same waterproof Oyster cases and similar styling. However, in order to keep costs down, the brand used off-the-shelf Swiss movements rather than their own in-house calibres. What resulted were watches that were more affordable than Rolexes to the consumer, but still uniformly tough and reliable.

Today Tudor has certainly defeated any impression of being the redheaded stepchild of the Rolex family, and their current timepiece collection — as well as their vintage counterparts — are getting the recognition and respect they most rightfully deserve. From the colorful “Home Plate” chronograph to the complicated Advisor, these models often picked up where Rolex left off, daring to be more bold and playful in their design. And now that the brand has introduced in-house movements while still managing to keep pricing modest, the company is better poised than ever to win the hearts and minds of millions of new watch enthusiasts.

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Since our pieces are vintage or pre-owned, please expect wear & patina from usage and age. Please read each item description and examine all product images.

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We back each Analog:Shift vintage timepiece with a one-year mechanical warranty from the date of purchase.

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