The new Pelagos FXD pays tribute to decades of TUDOR watches on the wrists of US Navy divers. Complete with fixed strap bars, a titanium case, a high-performance Manufacture Calibre and a unidirectional elapsed-time rotating bezel, it comes as the ultimate modernMilsub.As early as the mid50s, TUDOR diving watches were being tested and evaluated by a number of outfits inside the US Navy, and by 1958 they were officially adopted by the Navy and purchased for the purpose of issuing them to divers operating in various units. This Pelagos FXD model is the spiritual successor of those watches. The nomenclature hints at the background of the watch, with FXD referring to the incredibly robust Fi Xe D strap bars of the case. The model represents a modern, high-performance and robust take on the famedMilsub(short for Military Submariner) of yesteryear. Visually, its most in line with a late60s-era TUDOR Oyster Prince Submariner reference 7016; it incorporates elements from the US mil