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I am wondering what makes you say the Pelagos is the only tool watch among luxury brands. Because it is brushed and legible, at a lower price tag than others?
I like the Pelagos, although it is too chunky for my personal taste, but I don't see how it turns other watches into dress watches. Assuming you know what actual dress watches look like, you must be of the opinion that they are either in some way too glitzy these days, or too fragile.
But look at the Sub or SD, the case material, bezel material, movement, bracelet, clasp, and last but not least design, are all still classic tool watch. Look at the Ploprof, the tooliest of them all - and a rare example with a properly highlighted minute hand, which is exactly what you need for diving. The Ploprof is my tool benchmark.
In the same way, I see my Explorer as an everyday tool watch. Sure you can dress it up or down, but there is nothing on the case that can catch or break, the movement is well protected, anti-magnetic, anti-shock, so you can bang and scratch the thing up for a couple of lifetimes and it does not care. It's executed as well as anyone can case up a simple 3 hander dial without adding anything that is not necessary, which is why I sold everything else.
Subs are not classic dress watches per se but they are considered dress watches when you compare them to other tool watches. This is how watch specialists and pretty much the whole world describe them.
One could argue that a Sub is a 'dressier' sports watch than a Pelagos, given that it has polished surfaces and is not quite such a hunk, but that does not classify it as a dress watch in any of the many universes.
True tool watch? I like the Marathon TSAR and GSAR (1st is quartz, 2nd is the automatic), Sinn also makes some incredible 'tool' watches. Each to their own though!
I had an Omega Seamaster and decided to take it for a quick dive at Dutch Springs. Somehow I forgot to screw down the crown and it flooded. I could have bought a new Perdix for the service fee I had to pay to restore it.