Much of TUDOR’s modern identity is built around tool watches embracing adrenaline and action. The Black Bay anchors TUDOR’s title in sports’ most daring worlds of F1, football, pro cycling, surfing, and more. Meanwhile, the Pelagos is a paean of TUDOR’s 70-year diving heritage. Thus far, every complication we’ve seen from TUDOR has served clear functions and leaned towards practicality: chronographs, GMT displays, and calendars.
Released ahead of Geneva Watch Days 2025, the TUDOR 1926 Lunar is cut from a different cloth – representing a new fabric for TUDOR entirely.
Magic of Moonlight
In Roman mythology, goddess Luna personified the beauty of the Moon. The celestial body moves through its cycle approximately every 29.5 days, growing from a slender crescent towards a full moon before slowly retreating once again. The 1926 Luna recreates that celestial dance at six o’clock on the dial. Departing from TUDOR’s history of employing practical complications, the moonphase display asks the wearer to look beyond hours, minutes and seconds and follow a distinctly elegant measure of time.
First Moon
As their first moonphase watch, the TUDOR 1926 Luna refreshes their signature dress watch collection, the 1926. Moonphase complications, often seen on dress watches, have held a special place in traditional watchmaking. Rather than measuring elapsed time or multiple time zones, it follows the gracious evolution of the moon’s face through a 29.5- day lunar cycle. Unlike the consistent ticking of hours and minutes, the moonphase complication records a much slower, gentler rhythm – expressing a rare and romantic accent of timekeeping. With the new 1926 Luna, TUDOR embraces this celestial dance of time in its most elegant collection.
A Celestial Affair
The TUDOR 1926 Luna offers a perfect interplay of polish and practicality. Part of the 1926 collection – titled after the year associated with TUDOR’s birth – it represents a sportier take on the brand’s signature dress watch silhouette.
The 1926 is the perfect home for the moonphase. Unlike the Black Bay and Pelagos’ sportier personas, the 1926 offers the perfect grace and elegance to cradle one of watchmaking’s most delicate complications. Previously, 1926 models were commonly offered in 28mm, 36mm, and 41mm case sizes, with two-tone configurations. However, the 1926 Luna features a polished 39mm case crafted from 316L stainless steel and a seven-row bracelet with contrasting polished and satin-brushed surfaces.
Clubbed with a domed dial, Arabic numerals, and sword hands, it gives the 1926 collection a more “active” alter ego. TUDOR also turned to longtime brand ambassador Jay Chou revered as the “King of Asian Pop”, for creative input, with his influence most clearly expressed through the champagne-coloured version of the watch.
A Dial Illuminated by Moonlight
The moon naturally becomes the focal point of the TUDOR 1926 Luna with three satin sun brushed dial colours: black, blue, and champagne. Each dial carries a gentle dome, ushering a vintage character while allowing light to grace it from different angles. With applied Arabic numerals nestled between faceted arrow-shaped hour markers, its sword hands preserve classic 1926 cues. At six o’clock, TUDOR presents the lunar display through a circular aperture framed by a polished bevel.
Against the blue dial, the moon and stars feel naturally connected to the evening sky, while the black creates a stronger contrast – as the moon appears to emerge from shadow. The champagne-dial features a “phantom moonlight gold disc” where the golden moon lustres against a black sky.
Mechanisms of Moonlight
Behind the closed caseback and under the moonlit dial sits the self-winding TUDOR Calibre T607-9. The movement powers the central hours, minutes, seconds, date display and moonphase complication. With a 38-hour power reserve, the steel screw-down winding crown features the TUDOR logo in relief.
Seven Rows of Light and Shadow
The 316L stainless steel bracelet continues the luminary theatrics between polished and satin-finished surfaces, balancing shimmer and softer reflections. TUDOR equips the 1926 Luna with the collection’s signature seven-row configuration. The links vary in size and closely follow the curve of the wrist, with satin-brushed external links surrounding polished links through the centre. The combination creates an interplay between light and shadow. Polished centre links catch reflections as the wrist moves. The satin-brushed sections soften those reflections. Together, both finishes complement the sun-brushed dial and polished case. Secured by a folding clasp and safety catch.
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