The Tudor North Flag is back, and this time it can tell you what time it is somewhere else too. Tudor discontinued the original North Flag in 2021 after a six-year run that started in 2015, and the model has developed a genuine following since, the kind of quiet cult favorite collectors bring up more than its original sales numbers ever suggested. The new version keeps the design identity that made it distinctive while trading its signature power reserve display for a true GMT function.
This guide covers what changed since the original North Flag, the movement behind the new GMT function, and where the Northflag fits if you already know the rest of Tudor’s integrated bracelet lineup.
What Made the Original North Flag Notable
Launched in 2015, the North Flag pulled its design language from the Ranger II, a 1970s Tudor exploration watch with a tonneau-shaped case and a bold, integrated bracelet. It was a deliberately unusual watch by Tudor’s standards at the time, and it carried real technical significance as the brand’s first watch built around a manufacture movement visible through a display caseback, well before Tudor’s in-house calibers became standard across the current catalog.
Tudor discontinued the original North Flag in 2021, and it has been out of production since. The new Northflag brings that design back rather than replacing it with something unrelated, which is part of why the reveal has drawn real attention from people who never expected to see it return.
What Changed on the New Northflag GMT
The case keeps its tonneau shape and 40mm diameter, but nearly every dimension has been refined. Thickness drops from roughly 13.3mm to 12.7mm, and lug-to-lug shrinks from 50mm to 48.8mm, making the new version noticeably more wearable than the original without losing its identity. The bezel is now fixed rather than the earlier two-piece design, and a domed sapphire crystal replaces the flatter original.
The biggest functional change is the removal of the power reserve indicator, a signature feature of the 2015 watch, in favor of a genuine GMT function with a 24-hour inner flange. This is a true, flyer-style GMT, meaning the local hour hand can jump independently to a new time zone without disturbing the minutes or the home-time GMT hand, a genuinely useful feature for a watch built around exploration rather than a cosmetic add-on.
The Movement: Caliber MT5652-U
Inside the case runs the Caliber MT5652-U, a manufacture movement built by Tudor’s partner Kenissi and shared with the Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT and the Black Bay Pro. It carries Master Chronometer certification from both METAS and COSC, runs at 28,800 vibrations per hour with a silicon hairspring, and delivers a 65-hour power reserve. Tudor rates its accuracy at 0 to plus 5 seconds per day, a genuinely tight tolerance for an automatic movement at this price point.
The movement is visible through the open caseback, continuing the original North Flag’s identity as a watch built to show off real manufacture engineering rather than hide it.
Bracelet and Design
The new Northflag comes on an integrated steel bracelet with a two-link design, mostly brushed with light polished accents, closed with Tudor’s T-Fit clasp for tool-free micro-adjustment.
The black dial keeps the yellow accents that defined the original, now applied to the seconds hand, the GMT hand, and the hour markings on the 24-hour rehaut, with the date sitting in a chamfered aperture at 3 o’clock.
Price and Availability
The new Tudor Northflag GMT is priced at $5,525. There is only one reference at launch, in steel with the black dial.
See What Else Tudor Offers at Precision Watches
As an Authorized Tudor Dealer near Philadelphia, Precision Watches carries the current Tudor lineup, including the new Tudor Northflag collection. Our full range of Tudor watches covers what is currently available in the showroom and online, and our guide to the Tudor Black Bay covers the brand’s best-known integrated and dive-adjacent lineup if you want a wider comparison point. If you would rather explore an earlier reference, our selection of used Tudor watches covers pre-owned options across the current and past lineup.
Frequently Asked Questions About the New Tudor Northflag
Is the Tudor North Flag back?
Yes. Tudor discontinued the original North Flag in 2021, and the model has returned as the Northflag GMT, ref. 9140G1A0U, with a redesigned case and a new GMT function replacing the original’s power reserve display.
What is different about the new Tudor Northflag compared to the original?
The case is thinner and shorter lug-to-lug, the bezel is now fixed, and the power reserve indicator has been replaced with a true GMT function and a 24-hour rehaut. The movement has also changed to the Master Chronometer-certified Caliber MT5652-U.
How much does the new Tudor Northflag cost?
It is priced at $5,525 and sold only through Tudor boutiques rather than the wider network of authorized dealers.
What movement is in the new Tudor Northflag?
It runs the Caliber MT5652-U, a Kenissi-built manufacture movement with Master Chronometer certification, a 65-hour power reserve, and the same architecture found in the Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT.
