Can someone please explain to me why this 32k watch isn't METAS certified?

You're paying for the gold, not the movement... 🤑

I think you've Nailed it.

What I don’t understand is why the price is near the Rolex Gold sub… too little difference.

Yes you've got it right, it's the standard ridiculously overcharged precious metal content. That's not having a go at Tudor, the entire watch industry takes the P on this.

I asked the same Q yesterday. Doesn't make sense in any way. Maybe they don't have a METAS movement for the 3 hander 58 size? But that is no excuse. If paying 30k, you expect the best they have to offer. Keep in mind there is probably only 9k worth of gold in this as @Cantaloop says, the entire watch industry takes the P when it comes to precious metals.

This watch is a joke. Skip.

it's all for cost control: a METAS certified movement is more expensive to produce, and Tudor certainly puts a lot of effort to keep their new products within the attainable range of most enthusiasts 😀

If I had to guess there was a pricing or feature discussion relative to Rolex. Being sister companies they likely carefully plan their offerings so that there’s minimal overlap and they aren’t chasing the same dollars. I’m sure Toyota and Lexus have the same mentality or all of the Swatch Group, etc

Because the people who will be paying for that watch are not concerned about accuracy. I'm a hundred 💯 % sure that people would come up to you and ask if that's the latest Rolex, and then you will have to say, "Oh no, this is a Tudor, which is more expensive than a lot of Rolexes," and then you will have to explain the whole story about how Tudor is kind of Rolex's out-of-wedlock brother.😂🤣

Because it is more a jeweley than a watch. Watches on W&W are exclusively launched for exclusive people. As if the industry is afraid of us enthusiasts and real watch people, they want to sell to those with a bigger pocket not a bigger knowledge.

I don't like gold watches. But I like this one

If this was a 18k hulk the internet would have broken.

But it’s a Tudor.

It’s gorgeous.

But it’s a €32k Tudor 😂

It will sell like hot cakes, it definitely will

It's weird. This is Tudors' vibe at all. If you are going to go for a new market then make it an overbuilt METAS certification movement for 35K . The LESS THAN 30K Gold Omega Aqua Terra is METAS certified

It’s not a new watch, it’s a new bracelet availability. The gold bb58, just like the rest of the BB58s aren’t metas. What I think is even worse is not just doing the bare minimum guaranteed slam dunk of giving the whole bb58 lane a t fit clasp.

It's an interesting exercise, but for the price, that Tudor isn't even close to being on the list.

April fools was just about ten days ago, I can't wrap my head around such a level of smooth-brainedness.

Because they had leftover ones before they went METAS. These have to be ones they didn’t sell on leather.

As a professional metallurgist, in summary, it’s metallurgy and its affect on the balance spring

Gold and stainless steel have different properties when it comes to vibration and temperature change. Gold is more malleable and ductile, making it less susceptible to damage from vibration compared to stainless steel. However, stainless steel tends to have better thermal conductivity and stability in changing temperatures compared to gold. So, in general, stainless steel might perform better in environments with significant temperature variations, while gold might be more resilient to vibration.

This lower resilience to vibration in gold cause the balance spring to go off every 0.66 days.

If the balance spring is going off time every 0.66 days, it suggests there may be issues with the stability or calibration of the timekeeping mechanism. Factors such as temperature changes, vibration, or even the quality of the materials could contribute to this deviation. It might be worth having a watchmaker or technician examine the watch to diagnose and address the problem.

If you reached this far, I’m sorry for wasting 20secs of your life. I’m not a metallurgist and I’m spurting nonsense with help from chatgbt.

Have a great day ahead. 🫡

Yep😅 It is what it is. Why should you care for accuracy if you buy a 32 k€ Tudor?😂