Tudor Fastrider Black Shield Luxury Watch Review

Tudor Fastrider Black Shield Review Watchuwant is now WatchBox! Subscribe for the best luxury watch content. Auto racing and chronograph watches belong together - always have. But two-wheeled motorsport and luxury watches are an equally apropos combo, and the Tudor Fastrider Black Shield is the proof-in-ceramic. At 42mm and crafted entirely from monoblock black ceramic, the Tudor Fastrider Black Shield is the modern incarnation of the chronographs of the 1960s - with a distinction. While those watches were fixtures on tracks from Monaco to Laguna Seca, the Fastrider Black Shield pays tribute to Ducati motorcycles - especially the Diavel Carbon power cruiser concept bike. Tudor, the corporate cousin of Rolex since 1946, is given license to produce watches that are larger, more experimental, and more youthful in character than the establishment Oyster Perpetuals of the mothership. To that end, Tudor employs a striking combination of scratch-resistant black ceramic for the case and bezel, red lumina for the dial indexes, and black skeleton chrome hands to indicate the hours and minutes. Unique "piston-style" (Tudor's own description) chronograph pushers keep the motorcycle theme running with a subtle reference to the splayed V-twin layout of most Ducati engines. A tachymeter-calibrated bezel maintains the motorsports imagery and functionality while a calf leather strap with contrasting red stitching completes the sporting aesthetic. While both rubber and leather straps ar