In a surprise move this week Tudor has revealed a pair of new FXD watches in honor of their partnership with the two time America?s Cup winning Alinghi Red Bull Racing team. To date, we?ve made due with the single FXD reference which was released in late 2020, and it?s a platform we?ve been thoroughly impressed with for reasons you can read about in our in-depth review right here. Today, the FXD gets a pair of stablemates in the form of the Pelagos FXD and Pelagos FXD Chrono ?Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition?, which introduce a new material to the mix, along with, for the first time ever for the collection, complications. 

The Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition FXD watches continue to make use of the defining feature eluded to in the FXD name, which is a fixed lug bar design, meaning passthrough straps only. Tudor have made a new hook and loop, or ?self-gripping fastening system?-equipped Julien Faure strap in blue and red for these new references in a nod to the red accents found in the racing team?s colors. Along the same lines, the bezel of each of these FXD watches has been rendered in matte black.
The time-only reference is of course familiar, sharing the same dimensions as the original FXD with a trim 42mm case that wears quite flat. The black bezel is a handsome addition to the matte blue dial, which gains red accents in the seconds hand, as well as the Pelagos label at the bottom of the dial, similar to what we see in the Pelagos 39. This watch uses the same...