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Tudor Pelagos FXD

Tudor released the Tudor Pelagos FXD in 2021 as a purpose-built take on its Pelagos dive watch, designed with direct input from France’s Marine Nationale. Today, Tudor has announced the next iteration of the Pelagos FXD, this time inspired by its history of watches made for the United States Navy. Except for the new black color, the latest Pelagos FXD is similar to the existing model that was developed with input from the MN.  The dimensions of the brushed titanium case on the new Tudor Pelagos FXD are familiar: 42mm diameter, 52mm lug-to-lug, and 12.75mm thick, along with fixed spring bars (FXD is short for FiXeD). True to the Pelagos’ purpose, it’s a modern, do-it-all-diver, now with military inspiration.

The ceramic bezel is black, fully graduated, and lumed. The only functional difference compared to the MN is that the new FXD has a uni-directional rotating bezel. The bezel meets the ISO standard for dive watches.

Tudor released the Tudor Pelagos FXD in 2021 as a purpose-built take on its Pelagos dive watch, designed with direct input from France’s Marine Nationale. Today, Tudor has announced the next iteration of the Pelagos FXD, this time inspired by its history of watches made for the United States Navy. Except for the new black color, the latest Pelagos FXD is similar to the existing model that was developed with input from the MN.

The dimensions of the brushed titanium case on the new Pelagos FXD are familiar: 42mm diameter, 52mm lug-to-lug, and 12.75mm thick, along with fixed spring bars (FXD is short for FiXeD). True to the Pelagos’ purpose, it’s a modern, do-it-all-diver, now with military inspiration.

The ceramic bezel is black, fully graduated, and lumed. The only functional difference compared to the MN is that the new Tudor Pelagos FXD has a uni-directional rotating bezel. The bezel meets the ISO standard for dive watches.

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TUDOR Black Bay Chrono S&G

The chic chronograph in the Black Bay line in steel and yellow gold, with a self-winding Manufacture Calibre, featuring a column wheel and vertical clutch, follows in the purest tradition of sporting timepieces.

TUDOR has been producing watches that are closely tied to the world of motor sport since the presentation of the Oysterdate in 1970, the brand’s first chronograph. In the same way, since 1954 TUDOR has been constantly refining its professional divers’ watches. The Tudor Black Bay Chrono S&G model combines these traditions in a sport-chic chronograph, with contrasting sub-counters and a high-performance automatic Manufacture Calibre, with column wheel and vertical clutch.
Remaining faithful to the Black Bay aesthetic, the Tudor Black Bay Chrono S&G has adopted the famous “Snowflake” hands, a brand signature for divers’ watches since 1969, to ensure outstanding readability against the domed dial.
Available in two versions, matt black or a sunray satin-finish champagne colour, the dial includes two recessed sub-counters in contrasting colours, a champagne colour and matt black respectively, for optimum legibility.

The sub-counters have a circular-grained finish and, inspired by the first generation of TUDOR chronographs, feature a 45-minute counter and a date aperture positioned at 6 o’clock.
The recognisable characteristics of the Black Bay are preserved in a steel and yellow gold case with a 41-millimetre diameter. Typical of the brand’s characteristic attention to detail, the design of the yellow gold pushers has been inspired by the very first generation of TUDOR chronographs. A fixed bezel in yellow gold with an insert in black anodised aluminium with tachymetric scale, complete the distinguished appearance of this sporty chronograph.
The fabric strap is one of the hallmarks of TUDOR, which, in 2010, became one of the first watchmaking brands to offer it with its products. Woven in France using a traditional method on 19th century Jacquard looms by the Julien Faure company in the St-Etienne region, its manufacturing quality and comfort on the wrist are unique. In 2020, TUDOR celebrated ten years of collaboration with the hundred-and-fifty-year-old Julien Faure company. The partnership began with the launch of Heritage Chrono, the first model fitted with a fabric strap created by the craftsmen, at Baselworld 2010.
For the Tudor Black Bay Chrono S&G model, TUDOR has selected a black strap woven by these traditional craftsmen.

The model is also available with a stainless steel and yellow gold bracelet inspired by the folding riveted bracelets made by TUDOR in the 1950s and 1960s.

These were famous for having visible rivet heads on the side of the bracelet that held the links together. The links also had a distinct stepped construction.

These two aesthetic details are found on the current bracelet, which also integrates modern manufacturing methods with solid links and laser-finished rivet-style heads. Finally, entirely in keeping with the spirit of “1970s racing”, the Tudor Black Bay Chrono S&G offers another choice of bracelet: a bund in aged dark brown leather with ecru topstitching and a steel folding clasp.
TUDOR is an award-winning Swiss-made watch brand, offering watches with sophisticated style, proven reliability and unmatched value for money. The origins of TUDOR date back to 1926, when “The Tudor” was first registered as a brand on behalf of the founder of Rolex, Hans Wilsdorf. He officially set up the Montres TUDOR SA company in 1946 to produce watches that respect the traditional Rolex philosophy of quality at a more affordable price point. Because of their robustness and affordability, throughout their history TUDOR watches have been chosen by the boldest adventurers on land, in the air, underwater and on ice. Today the TUDOR collection includes emblematic models such as Black Bay, Pelagos, 1926 and Royal. Since 2015, TUDOR has also offered models with mechanical Manufacture Calibres with multiple functions and superior performance.

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Tudor Black Bay Pro

Presented in a 39 mm diameter stainless steel case, the all-new Tudor Black Bay Pro features a fixed steel bezel and an in-house caliber with a GMT function that uses a 24-hour Snowflake hand — instead of a traditional arrow hand as seen on many GMTs such as the GMT-Master II and the Explorer II — to display a second-time zone.
The all-new automatic caliber MT5652 was developed by Tudor for the Tudor Black Bay Pro. The movement measures 31.8 mm x 7.52 mm, beats at 4Hz, has 28 jewels, a silicon balance spring, free-sprung variable inertia balance, a traversing balance bridge, with a bidirectional rotor, and a 70-hour power reserve. This movement has been officially COSC-certified chronometer, so the rate is required to adjust to -4/+6 before being cased up (Tudor claims they adjust the rate to -2/+4). Tudor says that the new movement “illustrates the technical development process which is unique to Tudor, drawing on adaptable architecture capable of including new functions into its manufactured movements rather than resorting to additional modules.”
The “Snowflake” hand is set by a jumping hour, which can be moved either backward or forwards. The date, displayed through an aperture positioned at 3 o’clock, is coupled with the local time hand so that when setting the time and passing midnight in retrograde, it instantly jumps to the previous day. This is a sophisticated function and particularly practical function for the user.
The 316L stainless steel case has been satin-brushed and polished and has a fixed 24-hour graduated steel bezel. The dial is domed and has a grained matt black surface, with applied hour markers in monobloc luminous ceramic hour markers, which means the lume and applied indices are one piece. In addition to the unique indices, the crown has been designed to maximize grip and is set flush against the case so that the crown tube is not visible.
There’s a choice of three bracelet designs, a black Jacquard fabric, hybrid rubber and leather, or a faux riveted 316L steel bracelet with a new Tudor “T-fit” clasp with rapid adjustment. The “T-fit” system allows the wearer to carry out a fine, instant adjustment of up to 8mm on the clasp without any tools required. The Tudor Black Bay Pro has a screw-down crown, screw-in caseback, and a depth rating of 200 meters.

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Tudor Pelagos FXD

Earlier this year Tudor resurrected its partnership with France’s navy, the Marine Nationale, some two decades after it last supplied military-spec Submariners to the navy’s divers.

Now the brand has finally revealed a project two years in the making, the Tudor Pelagos FXD “Marine Nationale”. Developed together with the members of the Commando Hubert, the navy’s elite combat divers, the Pelagos FXD is an actual military issue timepiece – the unit’s divers wear the same watch during operations – with fixed bars and a no-nonsense aesthetic.
Images of a Commando Hubert graduation ceremony appeared online several months ago, revealing the watch. So the Pelagos FXD was expected, but still manages to surprise. It is clearly a nod to the ref. 9401/0 “MN” of the 1970s – nicknamed “snowflake” after its hands and dial – and is as close to a vintage Submariner as a modern Tudor can be. But it still has a few extras appeal to military watch aficionados.
Most notable are the lugs, which are a reinterpretation of the fixed bars found on vintage military-issue dive watches. They form one piece with the case, making the connection between the case and strap far more robust. It’s certainly over-engineered for anyone who isn’t a combat diver, but it is a genuine element that’s neither decorative nor artificial.

In fact, the fixed lugs arguably put the Tudor Pelagos FXD in the same category as the quirky P01 – both are “tool” watches that are clearly catered to a niche audience, though the Tudor Pelagos FXD is the only one that is legitimately military spec.
Another important detail is the omission of a date, which is a first for a Pelagos since its debut in 2012. And the bezel is entirely new, being a bidirectional, countdown bezel that is slightly wider than usual – a crucial tool for combat divers performing underwater navigation.

And because the date has been omitted, the Pelagos FXD is 1.5 mm thinner than the standard model, giving it a surprisingly flat profile on the wrist for a true “tool” watch.
Can the Pelagos FXD get better? Maybe but not by much. It has a water resistance of 200 m, which is more than enough for combat divers – the vintage Submariner “MN” had the same rating – but less than the 500 m of the standard Pelagos. At the same time, it isn’t METAS-certified like the Black Bay Ceramic launched a few months ago.

At US$3,900, the Tudor Pelagos FXD is competitively priced just all Tudor watches. In fact, it’s one of the brand’s highest-spec’d watches, making it one of Tudor’s most compelling offerings.
udor started supplying watches to the French Navy almost since the brand started making dive watches. In fact, the relationship began in 1954 – just a year after Rolex introduced the Submariner – when it supplied the navy with the ref. 7922, the brand’s first-ever dive watch.

But the quintessential Tudor military-issue diver is definitely the Submariner ref. 9401/0 “MN” that two decades later. Crucially, the ref. 9401/0 had a few features that set it apart from a Rolex dive watch, making it unique to Tudor. Most obvious are the blue dial and bezel, but the “snowflake” hands and square markers are its defining feature.

Being the iconic dive watch of the French Navy, the ref. 9401/0 “MN” was a natural choice as the inspiration for the Pelagos FXD.
One of the most important historically inspired details is the engraving on the case back, which is unusual for a modern-day Tudor, which typically have plain backs.

The back is engraved with Marine National logo, and also “M.N.21”, short for “Marine Nationale” and the year of production, a reference to the French navy’s numbering convention on the vintage Tudor “MN” watches.

Tudor has dropped a new Pelagos model in association with the French Navy or Marine Nationale, an association that goes back 65 years.

The 42mm titanium watch has been developed using specifications laid down by the force’s combat swimmers, Commando Hubert.

The watch’s bidirectional rotating bezel – which features a sandblasted ceramic ring and overhangs the sides of the case for better grip – allows the unit’s swimmers to navigate underwater undetected, while the FXD is a reference to the solid looped lugs that hold the fabric strap in place without the need for separate springbars.

While not a service issue watch, the new Pelagos FXD carries the same M.N. initials engraved on the caseback along with a 21, denoting a year of issue.

While the French Navy historically had Tudor deliver its watches without bracelets, the Pelagos FXD – which is water resistant to 200m – is supplied with both a woven fabric strap and a one-piece rubber strap.

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Tudor Black Bay Air France

The value of double stamped watches is no secret. Most famously Tiffany & Co. stamped dials have notably elevated the prices of Rolex and Patek Philippe references. But these watches, while not released in heavy quantities, are rather widespread on the secondhand market. If you really want to discover co-stamped dials in even more limited numbers, Tudor is the brand to dig into. The watches are rather hush hush as they are not meant to be sold. In fact, they are commissioned by entities in limited quantities to be gifted to those within their inner circles – with usually no more than 100 pieces produced. So when one pops up for sale, they can command quite a premium. Recently an Ed Sheeran Tudor Black Bay emerged for sale, but before we reveal the asking price it sold for let’s recap some of the known custom Tudor watches.
The Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight took the watch world by storm upon its release, with many lauding Tudor’s decision to release a scaled-back and slimmed-down version of the beloved Black Bay diver. The watch definitely got a ton of air time from our friends over at Hodinkee, but lesser known to the public is the fact they actually commissioned a co-branded run to gift to “friends” of the brand.
Undefeated, a hot streetwear brand based in Los Angeles, California, commissioned a set of Tudor Black Bay Blue watches to give to their most ardent supporters and ambassadors. The customized watch made waves due to iconic watch enthusiast and musician John Mayer sharing his on his Instagram stories. As if he needed yet another awesome and rare watch in his collection (just teasing John).
We have seen State of Qatar watches from other brands as well, but it was still a surprise to see Tudor produced such a watch as well. According to Revolution Watch, who still has the watch pictured available for purchase, “It is believed that only an extremely low number of these watches were produced, and these “State of Qatar” limited editions were only available from Qatar dealers, or given to the friends and family of the State.”
Air France’s Black Bay Fifty-Eight Navy Blue and Tudor Black Bay GMT
Air France arguably picked the two best references to commission for their special edition run, opting for the Black Bay Fifty-Eight Navy Blue and Black Bay GMT. The GMT clearly ties into their aviation business and the Fifty-Eight in blue is just a straight up gorgeous watch. Each watch had the airlines logo co branded above the 6′ marker with an engraved caseback to commemorate Air France and Marcel Dupont.
To call this watch co-branded is a bit of a stretch, because if you look too quickly you may miss the subtle customization to the dial. Flanking the Swiss Made text are colored squares that take on the color scheme of Google’s logo. The watch was commissioned by the non-profit “Watches for Good”, a group of watch collectors within the Google organization who raffle off their commissions to raise money for charity. They have even collaborated with Nomos, leveraging the same design above on a Tangente watch.
Del Ray Watch somehow managed to snag not one, but two Tudor Black Bay “Divide” watches. Quite incredible sourcing considering only 80 were made. This watch features the Divide Tour logo on the dial with a blue division symbol above 6′, and features a thoughtful engraving on the back from Ed to his crew members (who the watches were issued to). The caseback reads, “Thank you for all your hard work on the tour, Love Ed X”.

So, what was the asking price? If you go to the website you will see the watch has already sold, but it was listed at an asking price of $50,000 USD. I honestly could not imagine paying that much for a Black Bay watch. It is by no means the most expensive Black Bay ever, the ceramic Black Bay fabricated for OnlyWatch went for a whopping 350,000 CHF. But this may be the second most expensive modern Tudor watch ever sold, especially if Del Ray Watch received every cent of their asking price.

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Tudor 79210CNU-0001

On my wrist, right now, is a Tudor Black Bay Ceramic, with a black bezel, vintage 2015. In a way, this is peak Black Bay, or at least, peak Black Bay of a certain era. The watch, as Ben Clymer noted in 2012, is not a reproduction of any particular vintage Tudor. Instead, it’s a combination of greatest-hits design cues from vintage Tudor dive watches, including the snowflake hands Tudor first used for the Tudor Submariner ref. 7016/0, in 1968, the big crown from the ref. 7922, first used in 1954, as well as its slab-sided case design and gilt dial.

And the movement is also peak Tudor – of a certain era. It’s a modified ETA 2824. Tudor applied its own finishing to the main plate, bridges, ratchet wheel, and screw heads, and used a Kif anti-shock system for balance pivots, as well as modifying the escape wheel teeth and pallet fork to produce greater rate stability (even after six years, mine keeps excellent time). What all that means is that while the base caliber was supplied by ETA, extra trouble was taken to make sure that if not a Rolex caliber, the movement could keep time to Rolex standards.
While the watch was, in terms of design, a bit of a new direction for Tudor – and controversial among some enthusiasts at launch, because it was in fact not a copy paste of a vintage Tudor Sub – it had, and has, its own retro-nostalgia appeal. Tudor fans are still waiting for a straight reboot of the Tudor Submariner (and I suspect we can just keep waiting) but, then and now, the Black Bay has oodles of charm if you like that sort of thing at all. Today’s model has switched out the rose on the dial for a shield (full disclosure, I miss the rose) but it’s still a lot of bang for the buck. The movement is the in-house(ish) MT5602, with silicon balance spring, and the price has hardly gone up at all – a measly fifty bucks, at $3,475 on a strap, vs. $3,425 in 2015.

The reason I’m going through all this is because that watch, compared to the new Black Bay Ceramic, shows an interesting arc of product development, as well as evolution of design at Tudor.
The Black Bay Ceramic, first of all, is visibly and immediately a Black Bay. Sure, it’s in ceramic now, but there’s still the familiar slab-sided case, with its tank-like proportions (and I mean the armored fighting vehicle, not the Cartier wristwatch). It’s a lighter watch, thanks to the case material, but it’s still at its heart the burly, retro-adjacent sports watch we’ve all come to know and love.

Or is it? While the original Black Bay (and BB 58) made no bones about reaching for the retro, the Black Bay Ceramic is in some ways a totally new Black Bay. No slightly Ye Olde Vintage Watch cues here. Instead, we have a slickly rendered exercise in glossy and matte black textures, without a speck of color anywhere. The gilt is gone, with the dial legend now in muted grayscale lettering, and the ceramic bezel is uncompromising in its devotion to the Dark Side – there isn’t even a bezel lume pip.
If you’re used to what the Tudor Black Bay Ceramic was before the Ceramic debuted, it’s actually shocking. It’s also eerily beautiful. The luminous markers and hands seem to float, glowing by their own light, like the landing lights on the deck of an aircraft carrier at night.

It’s a thought-provoking watch, and indeed comes across as a bit of an intentional provocation (which is not a new thing for either Rolex or Tudor – think of that platinum anniversary Daytona from 2013, or more recently, Tudor’s 2019 P01 – both watches that had a non-zero percentage of enthusiasts gnashing their teeth). The whole thing is, yes, a Black Bay, but in its slick, icy modernity, it also seems a rejection of everything we thought the Black Bay stood for. The fact that there’s no lume pip means you’re pushing it even calling this a “dive watch.”

It’s also, not gonna lie, gasp-inducingly handsome. Both back and front – that METAS-certified MT5602-IU is almost as nicely turned out on the back, as the watch is topside – it’s got all the sable seductiveness of an SR-71 Blackbird. Unlike the spy plane, though, the color scheme of the BB Ceramic isn’t driven by practical considerations – it is, instead, design for the sake of design.
But that’s not a dealbreaker. Tudor, let’s not forget, has a perfectly nice, purely practical dive watch – the Pelagos – in its collections. The BB Ceramic isn’t that, exactly, but then, it never has been.

Oh, sure, the original version I have on right now is arguably a more practical dive watch – at least, the bezel was obviously intended to be readable and I don’t think anyone would accuse the BB Ceramic bezel of striving for legibility (the numbers basically disappear in low light).

At the same, though, the Black Bay was always the more design-oriented, between it and the Pelagos – at first, in a gently retro-kitsch fashion, and now, in a much more contemporary idiom. It is less a dive watch than an illustration, so to speak, of a dive watch, but it gets points for style and contemporary flair which the original never dreamt of. And this kind of evolution is hardly unique to Tudor – there are only about a bajillion floridly colorful G-Shocks which are hell and gone from the Brutalist charm of the original DW-5000.
The whole thing makes me wonder just how the Black Bay Ceramic would have landed if the caliber MT5602-IU hadn’t been part of the launch as well. Purely from the standpoint of utility, it seems as if it’d have made more sense to launch it in the Pelagos – a contemporary technical movement for a contemporary technical dive watch.

That’s not how Tudor decided to play it. Instead, they went for something much more apt to become a talking piece (our launch article has 250+ comments and counting, which is something you usually have to be a travel clock or a Black Panther Royal Oak Concept to pull off) and while the grumpy enthusiast in me wishes they’d used it as a chance to bring the Pelagos back into the foreground, I don’t think there’s any doubt that making something as provocative and punchy as the Black Bay Ceramic was a viable strategy too.

That said, producing the first METAS-certified watch that doesn’t say “Omega” on the dial is undoubtedly a power move no matter how you slice it. It’s worth remembering that METAS is not just about resistance to magnetism, although that’s a big part of it. There is quite a bit more to the standard, including stringent precision and durability tests (applied to the whole watch, not just the movement – the COSC, which certifies chronometers, tests movements only). Having Tudor (and by extension, Rolex) support the standard is more than just an obvious challenge to Omega; it’s also a validation of the standard’s potential as a distinguishing feature in Swiss watchmaking in general. I can only assume everyone at the Federal Office Of Metrology in Bern had an extra glass of schnapps after lunch when they got the news.
And, not to put too fine a point on it, it’s a darned – no ma’am, a damned fine looking watch. It’s not what we have gotten used to thinking of when we think of the Black Bay, but that’s both okay and necessary, as the lineup of watches from Tudor evolves. I don’t know if I’m cool enough to pull one off – but someone is.
Tudor has been making some surprising moves lately, including (depending on your expectations) an 18k gold version of the Black Bay 58, and a sterling silver version of the same watch as well. Now Tudor’s announced another surprise: The Black Bay Ceramic. This is a Black Bay with a full ceramic case and ceramic bezel insert, and the watch has a new movement as well – the caliber MT5602-1U.
The most notable feature of the watch, however, is one you can’t see. This is the first watch from Tudor to be certified by the Swiss Federal Institute Of Metrology in Bern (METAS) which in 2015, in partnership with Omega, developed a new certification standard for wristwatches. METAS certification requires the watch in question to be Swiss-made and COSC-certified, and as well, to pass a battery of additional tests. These include testing the watch for precision in 6 positions and at two levels of power reserve (100% and 33%) as well as waterproofness, length of power reserve, and most importantly, resistance to magnetic fields. The new Black Bay Ceramic is resistant to magnetic fields up to at least 15,000 gauss, which makes it, for all intents and purposes, completely resistant to magnetism in daily life.
All testing for METAS certification is done at Tudor HQ in Geneva. Another first for the watch is on the dial – this is the first Black Bay to actually say “Black Bay” on the dial. HODINKEE’s Danny Milton says, “Usually the dial has the depth rating (gone) and ‘Chronometer Officially Certified’ (gone). Went from three lines to two lines of text which I think people will like.”
This is actually not the first Tudor 79210CNU Black Bay in ceramic – you might remember that that honor goes to a watch Tudor created for the Only Watch benefit auction in 2019 (the auction is held every two years, and proceeds go to benefit research into therapies and a cure for muscular dystrophy). That watch was the Tudor 79210CNU Black Bay Ceramic One, which hammered for CHF 350,000. The new Black Bay Ceramic is, however, the first full production Tudor Black Bay in ceramic.

This is also the first time that a METAS certified watch has been produced by a brand other than Omega, which up until now has monopolized the certification.
The production of a METAS certified watch by Tudor is a logical move. For one thing, it means that the company is now in the forefront of technical mechanical horology, and it gives it a very strong competing value proposition with other brands, especially those producing sports watches and dive watches in the sub-$5000 range. It also serves to further distinguish Tudor from Rolex, which is increasingly important moving forward. Tudor’s ability to present designs that set it apart from the Crown has become more and more firmly established in recent years, and while its own family of calibers were a distinguishing feature, the Tudor movements (which come from Kenissi) now have, with METAS certification, a major advantage for the consumer.

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Tudor Heritage Black Bay Black Chronograph 79360N

To mark 50 years of its chronographs, Tudor Heritage Black Bay Black Chronograph 79360N is relaunching its Black Bay Chrono model in steel with a reworked case and two dial options with contrasting sub-counters in the purest tradition of the sports chronograph.

Since the launch in 1970 of the Oysterdate model, its first chronograph, TUDOR has always produced watches that are closely tied to the world of motor sport. Since 1954, TUDOR has likewise been constantly improving its professional divers’ watches. The Black Bay Chrono model combines these traditions in a sports chronograph for purists, with contrasting sub-counters and a high-performance automatic Manufacture Calibre, with column wheel and vertical clutch.
Remaining faithful to the Black Bay aesthetic, the Black Bay Chrono model has made the famous “Snowflake” hands – a brand signature for divers’ watches since 1969 – its own, in a version honed to ensure optimum readability on its domed dial.
Available in two versions, matt black or opaline, the dial includes two hollowed sub-counters in contrasting colours, matt black and white opaline respectively, for optimum readability.
Inspired by the first generation of TUDOR chronographs, there is a 45-minute counter and a date aperture positioned at 6 o’clock. The recognisable characteristics of the Black Bay are preserved in a steel case with a 41-millimetre diameter refined by the ingenious cut of the lower part of the sapphire crystal and a repositioned movement.
Typical of the scrupulous attention to detail that is characteristic of the brand, the design of the stainless steel pushers has been inspired by the very first generation of TUDOR chronographs. A fixed bezel in stainless steel with a tachymetric scale insert in black anodised aluminium completes the distinguished appearance of this sporty new chronograph.
The fabric strap is one of the hallmarks of TUDOR, which, in 2010, became one of the first watchmaking brands to offer it with its products. Woven in France on 19th century Jacquard looms by the Julien Faure company in the St-Etienne region, its manufacturing quality and comfort on the wrist are unique. In 2020, TUDOR and Julien Faure, a 150-year old family company, celebrated ten years of partnership that began with the Heritage Chrono – the first model to be equipped with a fabric strap created by the craftsmen – that was launched at Baselworld 2010.

The Black Bay Chrono model features a black strap with a motif chosen by TUDOR and woven by the craftsmen. The model is also available mounted on a stainless steel bracelet inspired by the folding riveted bracelets made by TUDOR in the 1950s and 1960s. These were famous for having rivet heads for attaching the links, shown on the side of the bracelet.
The links also had a distinct stepped construction. These two aesthetic details appear on today’s model, which still integrates modern manufacturing methods with solid links. Finally, entirely in keeping with the spirit of “1970s racing”, the Black Bay Chrono is offering another choice of bracelet: a bund in aged black leather with ecru topstitching and folding clasp.
The Manufacture Chronograph Calibre MT5813, which powers the Black Bay Chrono model, displays hour, minute, second, chronograph and date functions. It has the finish typical of TUDOR Manufacture Calibres. Its rotor in tungsten monobloc is openwork and satin-brushed with sand-blasted details, and its bridges and mainplate have alternate sand-blasted, polished surfaces and laser decorations.
Boasting a 70-hour power reserve and a silicon balance spring, the Manufacture MT5813 chronograph Calibre is certified by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC), with its performance exceeding the standards set by this independent institute. In fact, where COSC allows an average variation in the daily running of a watch of between -4 and +6 seconds in relation to absolute time in a single movement, TUDOR insists on -2 +4 seconds’ variation in its running when it is completely assembled.

A high-performance movement, it was crafted in the purest watchmaking tradition, with a column wheel mechanism and vertical clutch. In keeping with the TUDOR philosophy of quality, it presents extraordinary robustness and reliability, guaranteed by the array of extreme tests applied to all TUDOR products.

Derived from the chronograph manufacture calibre Breitling 01, with a high-precision regulating organ developed by TUDOR and exclusive finishes, this movement is the result of a lasting collaboration between the two brands, which have chosen to pool their expertise in the design and production of certain mechanical movements.
Like other models in the Black Bay range, the Black Bay Chrono has adopted TUDOR’s characteristic angular hands known as “Snowflake” that first appeared in the brand’s 1969 catalogue. The result of a subtle blend of traditional aesthetics and contemporary watchmaking, the Black Bay line is far from simply being an identical rerelease of a classic.

Resolutely anchored in the present, it brings together almost seven decades of TUDOR divers’ watches. Whilst it is neo-vintage in conception, its manufacturing techniques and its robustness, reliability, durability and precision as well as the quality of its finish are above modern industry standards.
TUDOR is offering a five-year guarantee on all its products sold after January 1st 2020. This guarantee does not require the watch to be registeredor any maintenance checksand is transferable. All TUDOR products bought between July 1st 2018 and December 31st 2019 will therefore benefit from an 18-month extension to their guarantee, that is to say, a total of three and a half years. TUDOR also recommends that its watches should be serviced approximately every 10 years depending on the model and the extent of its use on a day-to-day basis.
2021 sees fresh versions of the popular Tudor Black Bay Chrono watches arrive with color-palette styles that are sure to make watch hobbyists and those who appreciate vintage sports watches happy. The Tudor Black Bay Chrono collection debuted in 2017 (on aBlogtoWatch here), and then in 2019 Tudor updated the Black Bay Chrono with a slightly refreshed design when releasing the Tudor Black Bay Chronograph S&G (steel and gold), which you can see on aBlogtoWatch here. The 2021 Black Bay Chrono reference M79360N watches offer a few bracelet/strap attachment options, along with the classic “panda” or “reserve panda” set of black and white dials.
Swiss Tudor offers watch hobbyists one of the best ways to enjoy the visual and visceral experience of a vintage sports watch, but in a package that thoroughly modern and not toward the top of the price spectrum. With that said, the field of players competing in these areas continues to develop each for months, as the vintage sports watch trend (even among new watch designs) is still in the middle of playing itself out. Where Tudor will often beat the competition is in offering superlative finishes, case construction, and sheer popularity.

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Tudor Black Bay Bronze Bucherer Blue

Switzerland based Bucherer has long held a reputation as one of Europe’s most respected retailers of watches and jewelry. With 36 locations, including their historic flagship in Lucerne and their Parisian outpost, which is the largest watch and jewelry store in the world, it’s been reported that they are the continent’s biggest seller of high-end timepieces.

To celebrate their 130th anniversary in 2018, they launched Bucherer Blue, a series of collaborations with luxury watchmakers and lifestyle brands centered around the signature hue.

While the initiative has resulted in some seriously drool-worthy pieces, they were only available in Europe — until now. As of 1 p.m. Friday, January 22, one of our absolute favorite watches from the collection, the Tudor Black Bay Bronze Bucherer Blue, will be available stateside exclusively at Tourneau.

The Tudor Black Bay is a watch that at this point needs no introduction. Originally launched in 2012 as a faithful homage to Tudor’s legendary vintage Submariners, it was the watch that not only put Tudor back on the map in a big way, but also arguably kickstarted the trend for vintage-inspired sport watches that’s still raging today. With its chunky 43mm case, domed bezel and in-house movement, the Black Bay has always offered a staggering amount of watch for the money. It has been the basis of numerous special editions, but the Bucherer Blue model is one that really stands out.
The idea of a bronze alloy case is not unique to the Bucherer Blue, as Tudor introduced the Heritage Black Bay Bronze in 2016. But while that case was in a proprietary alloy that gave the watch a unique dark patina — as opposed to the greenish tint taken on by most Bronze-cased divers — when used as intended, the default combo of a coppery brown bezel and dial never really “popped.” But the Bucherer Blue model lends their signature blue to the bezel and dial, creating a combination that is truly pleasing to the eye.

Adding to the appeal is Tudor’s storied history with blue tones in their watches, specifically the Oyster Prince Submariner ref. 7021 from 1969. This was the combo applied to the legendary milspec dive watches issued to France’s navy, the Marine National.

While the Replica Tudor Black Bay Bucherer Blue also comes with a distressed brown leather strap, the cherry on top is the unique-to-this-model blue and beige woven jacquard strap; a copy of a strap found on an original naval submariner that a clever sailor had fashioned out of a French Military parachute. The Tudor Black Bay Bucherer Blue was a huge hit when it was released in Europe and will undoubtedly be met with the same enthusiasm here in the States.

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black bay fifty eight m79030b-0003.M79030B-0003 The Black Bay line is the result of the subtle blend of traditional aesthetics and contemporary watchmaking. The Black Bay Fifty-Eight is named after the year in which the first TUDOR divers’ watch, waterproof to 200 meters, the reference 7924, dubbed the “Big Crown”, was introduced.

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Replica TUDOR Black Bay Fifty-Eight (M79030B-0003) 33-mm steel case, steel bracelet Case: 33-mm steel case with polished and satin finish Bezel: Steel unidirectional rotatable bezel with 60-minute graduated disk Movement: Self-winding mechanical movement with bidirectional rotor system, Caliber MT5402 (COSC) Dial: Blue domed Winding Crown: Screw-down winding crown in steel with the TUDOR rose Crystal

Item: M79030B-0003. The Black Bay Fifty-Eight “Navy Blue” gets its name from its colour, of course, but also from the year 1958, in which the first TUDOR divers’ watch waterproof to 200 metres (660 ft), reference 7924 or “Big Crown”, was presented.

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Ref: M79030B-0003 A Brand New in Box & Very Beautiful New Model 2020 39mm Tudor 79030 Black Bay Fifty-Eight 58 Stainless Steel with Beautiful Blue Dial & Blue Bezel, Blue Fabric Strap. Purchased from Tudor Authorized Dealer in 07.2020.

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Tudor m79030b-0002 replica watch.Reference#: M79030B-0002, 39 mm diameter, Stainless Steel TDR0120560 M79030B-0002. USD $3,375 Starting at $113/month for 30 months, $3,375 total See Details. Product Actions. Add to cart options Call to Buy 800.348.3332 Add to Wishlist. We have resumed standard shipping, please allow up to 5 business days for delivery.

M79030B-0002 The Black Bay line is the result of the subtle blend of traditional aesthetics and contemporary watchmaking. The Black Bay Fifty-Eight is named after the year in which the first TUDOR divers’ watch, waterproof to 200 meters, the reference 7924, dubbed the “Big Crown”, was introduced.

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M79030B-0002. The Black Bay Fifty-Eight “Navy Blue” gets its name from its colour, of course, but also from the year 1958, in which the first TUDOR divers’ watch waterproof to 200 metres (660 ft), reference 7924 or “Big Crown”, was presented.

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