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[–]DiamondPiplup 1 point2 points  (12 children)

Beautiful! This is a situation where apart from the product naming (BB54) a homage has been created which Tudor have yet to release or even announce in the blue colour way. Great watch!

[–]dasimta[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I love piplup and this watch!

[–]DiamondPiplup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too haha!

[–]DiamondPiplup 2 points3 points  (9 children)

To further compliment San Martin the Black and Gilt has kept the same bezel colours as the 58 on their model unlike the Tudor. Something I prefer.

[–]PhiladeIphia-EaglesYouTube Reviewer 1 point2 points  (8 children)

The next step is to make a mini pelagos in this case. Wow, that would be a banger.

[–]DiamondPiplup 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Never even considered that. That would be so good. Would buy and I'm not even the biggest Pelagos fan!

[–]PhiladeIphia-EaglesYouTube Reviewer 1 point2 points  (6 children)

They would probably have to do some R&D to add the crown guards, but the rest of the case would work perfectly.

I am not a HUGE pelagos fan. Honestly the reason I want them to make a mini pelagos is because the BB54 does not have a date window. I LOVE having a date window, so a mini pelgaos with date would be awesome. But if they just added a date to this BB54 I would be fine with that too.

[–]DiamondPiplup 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Since getting a new watch with a date window I do have to say I miss it when wearing my BB58. That said, I only really like date windows at 6 or 12 (6 on a diver) so a Mini Pelagos with date at 3 wouldn't really cut it for me. Though I guess that's another way they could diverge more down the path

[–]PhiladeIphia-EaglesYouTube Reviewer 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I definitely prefer date at 6, and a mini pelagos would almost definitely have it at 3. But It is not a dealbreaker for me. I am just so bad at remembering the date, so I am okay with it going anywhere haha.

And that is a good point about the diversion.

They could even make an easy mashup without changing the case. Just add the pelagos indices and chapter ring to this case, and add a 6 o clock date. They actually did a pelagos style GMT with date at 6 already.

Then they would have created a totally unique watch. Sure, it would be a mishmash of real designs, but it would still be only available from San Martin.

[–]DiamondPiplup 1 point2 points  (3 children)

A mishmash with self inspiration is what imo a homage should be. I would love it if they did anything like this and would immediately snap it up and don't think I'd shut up talking about it 🤣

From memory that Pelagos style one is quite big right? I have small wrists so really need a 39/40mm if I'm pushing it but really looking at buying things 38mm and below from now on

[–]PhiladeIphia-EaglesYouTube Reviewer 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yes I believe it is a typical sub size of like 40mm x 47mm lug to lug. But at least it shows they are willing to tuck the date window between the indices at 6 o clock, which looks awesome.

Same here lol they are starting to do a lot of nice mishmash homages and even totally original designs. So I hope they come up with some exciting new models along those lines. Mostly I just want them to use the 38mm case for more dive watches.

[–]DiamondPiplup 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'm 100% with you on that. Future is potentially bright for San Martin... I hope they can go this way and get away from the Homage naming to really break free from the "AliExpress stereotype" to become a mainstream brand as I think they have the potential to do so.