Tudor presented its new models at the Watches & Wonders 2021 virtual fair. We can already say that the House of the Pink was much more daring than the "older sister" Rolex. This was quite expected: in fact, the Rolex group chooses to “gamble” with Tudor and to play it safe with Rolex. Let's find out which ones new watches presented You sleep.
New Tudor Black Bay Chrono reference M79360N
Il chronograph it has always been a somewhat particular territory for Tudor. The Oysterdate Prince "Tiger" has not met with great success, while the Tudor Heritage stopwatch, with its original aesthetic, which closely recalls the colorful seventies, it is certainly not a watch for all wrists and for all tastes. With the new Tudor Black Bay Chrono, Tudor try to make the leap in quality and place itself in a hard-fought market segment, that of luxury sports chronographs ...
The new Tudor Black Bay Chrono reference M79360N is the result of a collaboration with a great name in chronography: Breitling. The two companies cooperate by pooling their respective manufacturing skills to expand their product range. Breitling provides a Tudor the chronograph caliber B01, which Tudor he modifies by installing a self-produced escapement - or rather, produced by the joint research of rolex, Swatch Group e Patek Philippe: but that's another story… - in silicon and other mechanical modifications. The caliber MT5813 Thus realized, it has obtained COSC certification and it is certainly a movement that does not fear comparison with its category rivals.
The mechanical sector is therefore more than satisfactory. But it is on the aesthetics that Tudor aims to win new customers. The Tudor Black Bay Chrono recalls in the lines the Rolex Daytona current, which in turn is inspired by chronographs Rolex of the past. The distinctive element of this return to style vintage is the black bezel: in bakelite in the chronographs of the past, in ceramic on the current one Rolex Daytona and aluminum on the Tudor Black Bay Chrono of today. The choice of aluminum, in addition to containing costs, also gives an opaque tone to the surface of the bezel, thus distinguishing it from the glossy ceramic of the Daytona. In contrast to the black bezel, the Tudor Black Bay Chrono it has a white dial with black sub-counters, according to the style called “panda” by some collectors. The hands are the notes "Snowflake" that have distinguished Tudor for some years now, taking up in turn a style born in the late 60s. Complete the call to aesthetics Retro the presence of a bracelet with rivets.
New Tudor Black Bay 58 in 18k gold and 925 silver
Tudor makes an unexpected move by launching the gold version of his appreciated Tudor Black Bay 58. The green dial and bezel go well with theyellow gold, according to a scheme already seen on rolex 116508, the known Rolex Daytona in yellow gold with green dial. It remains to be seen whether the public is willing to pay sixteen thousand euros for a You sleep: this the price recommended for the new reference M79018V-0001...
Even more unexpected than the yellow gold version is the 925 silver, reference M79010SG-0001, of the Tudor Black Bay 58. Silver is a material that has not seen widespread use in watchmaking for decades. It was once used for mid-range pocket watches, but the Tudor Black Bay 58 in 925 silver is the first case of use ofsilver in the case of a diving watch. Silver is a material that doesn't get along very well with sea water. Second Tudors, il new Tudor Black Bay 58 reference M79010SG-0001 is made with an alloy that prevents corrosion: only time will tell if the bet of Tudor is winning.
New silver-colored dials for the 32, 36 and 41 mm Tudor Black Bays
We have already had the opportunity to deal with 36mm Tudor Black Bay on these columns. It is a quality watch, well made, which incorporates the stylistic features of the field watch to design which the "older brother" Rolex Explorer I made an important contribution. The Tudor Black Bay with a smooth bezel, it comes in three diameters, for all wrists: 32, 36 and 41 millimeters. Readability and easy wearability characterize this watch, which has seen a fair amount of appreciation in its version with a black dial. Now the silver dial is made available on all three models in this series, so as to give the Tudor Black Bay 32-36-41mm a more elegant appearance, perhaps close to certain Rolex Oyster Perpetual.
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