{"id":25815,"date":"2021-03-17T19:39:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/the-tudor-heritage-ranger-the-return-of-an-icon\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T18:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:01:31","slug":"tudor-heritage-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/tudor-heritage-ranger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tudor Heritage Ranger watch hands-on"},"content":{"rendered":"

It sometimes happens that something you had not considered at first glance eventually, as time goes by, it becomes slightly different: this is how I\u2019d describe my feelings nearly four months after\u00a0<\/span>Baselworld 2014<\/strong><\/span>, about the <\/span>Tudor<\/strong><\/strong><\/span> Heritage Ranger<\/strong><\/span>, one of the timepieces the Geneva based watchmaker has unveiled during the fair and which, to be honest, did not excite me at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The reason is perhaps the attention that the <\/span>Tudor<\/strong> Heritage Black Bay Blue<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has drawn during the fair, the outcome being the Ranger<\/strong>, has been a bit on the sly in those days. The\u00a0Tudor<\/strong> Heritage Ranger<\/strong><\/span> is not a first ever in Tudor<\/strong>\u2018s history for it replicates the 1967<\/strong> Ranger<\/strong> and this is why it is part of the Heritage<\/strong><\/span> line-up.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is a classic three hand timepiece, with a 41mm wide satin finished case, as it is the bezel, with the exception of a tiny mirror polished ring, you can hardly catch at first sight, placed just in the middle of the bezel itself. It features a slightly curved sapphire crystal, as we are used to with the Heritage<\/strong><\/span> range and a matte black dial where the indexes are not applied but rather ocher painted to give it a vintage look.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the dial and the winding crown they placed a rose, the Tudor<\/strong>\u2018s hallmark, and at 6 o\u2019clock is placed the same lettering you may find there over the last 50 years: \u201cRotor Self-Winding<\/span>\u201d<\/em> that unmistakable lettering which makes you feel your timepiece is smiling at you. <\/span><\/p>\n

What you might hardly appreciate in any photo is its folding buckle the shape of the\u00a0Tudor<\/strong> brand logo when fully closed. It\u2019s not overdone or claim it as a design masterpiece, as it is way perfect: such a nicely done folding buckle is hard to find sometimes even on very high-end wristwatches (and you will not find them there either).<\/span><\/p>\n

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But the real big news with the Ranger 2014<\/strong><\/span> is mainly its \u201cSafari\u201d<\/em> bracelet. It is one of the three available options but it is the most attractive as it gives it a unique personality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Handcrafted in leather with white stitching, two rivets each side and stamped\u00a0Tudor<\/strong><\/span> logo on the inside. It\u2019s that kind of bracelet that the older just the better. If you\u2019re looking for something else, anyway, any\u00a0Tudor Ranger<\/strong><\/span> comes with a replacement \u201ccamouflage\u201d bracelet.<\/p>\n

The icing on the cake is the \u201ccamo\u201d design is not printed, but rather sewn and the result is the dark green embossed on the bright ones.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a small flaw with this bracelet anyway: the crown is a bit hard to extract sometimes, nothing to really care about too much, but a small hollow would have helped with unscrewing it. <\/span><\/p>\n

It also comes with a traditional leather bracelet or a stainless steel one that, unfortunately, does not look like the 1967 model; designers at\u00a0Tudor<\/strong> were maybe afraid the Ranger<\/strong><\/span> looked too much like a Rolex<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Tudor<\/strong> Heritage Ranger<\/strong><\/span> retails for 2<\/strong>.310<\/strong> Euro<\/strong> and, if I had to look for any competitors, I\u2019d probably go for a Baume et Mercier Clifton<\/strong><\/span>, more classic than a Ranger<\/strong><\/span> to be honest or else the <\/span>JeanRichard Terrascope<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, even sportier than, which have both the same price tag and overall finishes as the TUDOR<\/strong><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

None of them boasts anyway such a bracelet as well as a replacement one. The dream competitor is perhaps the <\/span>Zenith Pilot Type 20 GMT 1903<\/strong>, which has upmarketed the Ranger<\/strong><\/span>, has an in-house caliber, and a nice nabuk bracelet alike the Ranger<\/strong>\u2018s one I hope\u00a0<\/span>TUDOR<\/strong><\/span><\/span> will adopt in the next future.<\/p>\n