Tudor Pro Cycling Watches: 2 Special Black Chronographs

In 2022, just six years after winning his second gold medal at the Rio Olympics, retired Swiss pro cyclist Fabian Cancellara started his own cycling team. Thanks to a partnership with Tudor, the team would soon begin racing as Tudor Pro Cycling, and they now compete at the second-highest level of professional cycling in the world. The team is brimming with Swiss riders and Swiss equipment. In May 2024, Tudor released a special “Cycling Edition” of their Pelagos FXD Chrono, but it wasn’t the first time they made a Tudor Pro Cycling-themed watch. A rare PVD-coated Black Bay Chrono model was made in 2022, but only for actual members of the team. Here’s all the key info on these two watches.

Tudor Pelagos FXD Chrono Cycling Edition ref. 25827KN

The Pelagos FXD Chrono “Cycling Edition” has the same black fixed-bar 43mm carbon composite case as the Pelagos FXD Chrono “Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition” released in 2023. Like every Tudor chronograph powered by the Breitling-based MT5813 caliber, the minute register goes up to 45 minutes. The black date wheel on the Cycling Edition is a nice touch. All other Pelagos models have rotating bezels; interestingly, this has a fixed titanium 60-minute bezel.

In fact it’s the first fixed 60-minute bezel Tudor has ever made. Another first for them is the “snail” tachymeter around the edge of the dial. The Tudor Pro Cycling team is fast, but no human has ever ridden faster than 65 kilometers per hour over a whole kilometer. So, the inner rungs are more useful to cyclists–a tachymeter stopping at 60 units per hour would be pointless. You can get one from your local authorized Tudor dealer for $5,275. Although they may be hard to get at first, I expect they’ll become more available eventually. The next watch we’ll show you, however, seemingly never turns up for sale.

Tudor Black Bay Chrono Dark Cycling Edition ref. 79360DK

In 2019, Tudor released a special edition of the Black Bay Chrono with a full black PVD treatment on its case and bracelet to celebrate the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team–ref. 79360DK. They made about 1,200 and they sold for double MSRP for a while. The market has cooled on those (along with PVD-coated watches as a whole) but there’s another 79360DK that’s much harder to find: the one made exclusively for members of the Tudor Pro Cycling team in 2022.

Instead of a bracelet, the Black Bay Chrono Dark Cycling Edition has a Velcro NATO strap with a distinctive red stripe. Also, unlike the All Blacks version, it features red subdial rings and a red Tudor shield logo. It goes well with the red depth rating. Unfortunately, like all PVD-coated watches, its finish will doubtlessly show flakey silvery patches after a few years of regular wear. Regardless, it’s a slick-looking watch. Here you can see Maikel Zijlaard of the Tudor Pro Cycling team sporting the special Black Bay Chrono Dark in 2023:

Specifications

Does the Tudor Pro Cycling Team Wear These When Racing?

No. If you scroll deeper through photos of Tudor’s cyclists, you’ll see that they don’t actually wear watches at all when they race. Cyclists at this level are obsessive about aerodynamics and weight so that’s understandable. Although it’s fun to fantasize about these Tudor Pro Cycling watches being some sort of indispensable tool for advanced athletics, I can accept them for what they are–a couple of cool-looking black chronographs.

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