ELEVATING YOUR WATCH GAME

Elevating yourWATCH GAME

This year’s Tudor Black Bay novelties combine a tradition of the dive watches commissioned by the US Navy with new features and new flair.

The Tudor Watch Company has been producing watches ever since 1946, when Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex, decided to create a new brand with outstanding dependability and accuracy—but at a more affordable price point. The original advertising campaign for Tudor demonstrated its toughness.

A Tudor watch was strapped to the wrist of a riveter operating a pneumatic jackhammer. After a month of shock

treatment, the watch was removed from the riveter’s wrist and tested. It passed with flying colors.

Tudor soon became known for watches that were the height of functionality. That reputation was sealed when,

in the late 1950s, the brand started supplying the US Navy with dive watches. In 1967, the US government re-

quested a tactical diver’s watch that would meet a new

set of specifications, and Tudor’s engineers conducted

extensive research to fulfill the request.

When Tudor launched its Black Bay collection in 2012,

it drew on the advances and performance of those es-

teemed dive watches, and on its classic aesthetic and

vintage appeal. It was an unbeatable combination. Today,

after only a decade on the market, the Black Bay stands

out as Tudor’s best-selling watch.

Watch expert Elizabeth Doerr, editor in chief of the

watch website QuillandPad.com, expressed her thoughts

on what makes this timepiece so desirable. “The Tudor

Black Bay has without a doubt worked its way into the

hearts of every lover of tool watches. That’s not just be-

cause it’s the little sibling to Rolex and is infused with the

same quality, but also because its design is perhaps a

touch more modern—though it still wears its vintage values on its sleeve. Despite all that, I believe the two factors

that make the Black Bay so darn popular are its ‘nice price’ and its availability to everyone.”

Each year Tudor adds new ideas and updates to its Black Bay collection. Besides the iconic dive watch, there

are now Black Bay dress watches, chronographs, and a GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) model that displays both a

24-hour and a 12-hour timescale. This year’s models continue to offer plenty of news. But what remains the same:

Black Bay Pro.

all the new Black Bays come with a five-year transferable guarantee,

with no requirement for registration or periodic maintenance checks.

Also, the Black Bays sport Tudor’s “Snowflake” hands, a hallmark of

its dive watches since 1969, with Grade A Swiss Super-LumiNova

luminescent material for ultimate visibility. Most of the latest novelties

also offer a choice of straps, ranging from a rubber-and-leather hybrid

to comfortable fabric to a riveted steel bracelet with Tudor’s special

“T-fit” clasp system to enable rapid adjustment. And these new Black

Bays all contain Tudor’s own in-house manufactured movements.

Tudor’s newest Black Bays are available at authorized jewelers

throughout the US.

BLACK BAY PRO The Black Bay Pro drew excited attention when

it was unveiled this year in Geneva. It is an entirely new technical

model with a fresh aesthetic and a dual time zone feature that dis-

plays the local time without losing sight of the time in another time

zone. Compact, robust, and sporty, this model has many unique aes-

thetic details. It celebrates the spirit of the technical watches Tudor

has produced for professionals throughout its history,

The details: A 24-hour-graduated, satin-brushed and polished

case in stainless steel, 39 mm in diameter, with a 24-hour-graduated

fixed bezel in stainless steel. The Black Bay Pro is powered by the

Tudor Manufacture Calibre MT5652 with built-in GMT function.

BLACK BAY GMT Steel & Gold The iconic Black Bay GMT model

is now available in an S&G (Steel & Gold) version, with warm colors

and a nostalgic touch.

It has multiple time zones, a highly functional complication that

establishes local time without losing sight of the time in two other

time zones. Recognizable by its 24-hour-graduated rotating bezel

with two colors, representing day and night, the Black Bay GMT

S&G also gives a subtle aesthetic nod to the history of this watch-

making function.

The details: A satin-brushed and polished case in 316L stainless

steel and yellow gold, 41 mm in diameter, with a bidirectional rotating bezel in yellow gold and an insert in black and brown anodized

aluminum as a hallmark of the GMT function. The Black Bay GMT

S&G has a Manufacture Calibre MT5652, is COSC-certified with a

silicon balance spring, and has a 70-hour power reserve.

BLACK BAY CHRONO Steel & Gold Tudor has been producing

watches that are closely tied to the world of motor sport since the

presentation of its first chronograph, the Oysterdate, in 1970. And

since 1954, Tudor has been constantly refining its watches for profes-

sional divers. The 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. And now the Black Bay Chrono S&G offers

a version with an attractive Champagne dial.

The details: A satin-brushed and polished case in 316L steel and

yellow gold, 41 mm in diameter, with a fixed bezel in yellow gold and

an insert in black anodized aluminum with a tachymetric scale. The

Black Bay Chrono S&G sports a Manufacture Calibre MT5813 chro-

nograph, is COSC-certified, and has a silicon balance spring, 70-hour

power reserve, a column wheel, and a vertical clutch in the tradition

of sporting timepieces.

BLACK BAY 31/36/39/41 Steel & Gold Tudor presents a new

version of its Black Bay line in steel and yellow gold with a fixed bezel.

The curved case, highlighted with polished yellow-gold sections, and

the option of diamond bezel markers bring a new sophistication, ver-

satility, and unisex chic to the iconic tool watch spirit. This model

comes in four sizes for utmost wearability. The five-link bracelet’s

Tudor “T-fit” clasp allows for rapid adjustment and instant comfort.

The details: A satin-brushed and polished case, 31, 36, 39, or 41

mm in diameter, in 316L steel and yellow gold. Also available with a

diamond-set bezel. The Black Bay 31/36/39/41 S&G models are

powered by Manufacture Calibres MT5201 (31 mm), MT5400

(36 mm), MT5602 (39 mm), and MT5601 (41 mm), and are COSC-

certified with a silicon balance spring.

Today, after only a decade on the market, the Black Bay stands out as Tudor’s best-selling watch.