With this new addition to the Black Bay family, TUDOR pays tribute to the brand’s first divers’ watches with a model whose dimensions evoke that of the epoch. Fitted with a new TUDOR manufacture movement, the Black Bay Fifty-Eight is designed for slim wrists and vintage enthusiasts alike.
The Black Bay Fifty-Eight is named after the year in which the first Tudor divers’ watch, waterproof to 200 metres, the reference 7924, dubbed the “Big Crown”, was introduced. Among other aesthetic allusions to this famous historic watch, this model has a 39 mm diameter case, in keeping with the characteristic proportions of the 1950s.
| Case | 39 mm steel case with polished and satin finish |
|---|---|
| Bezel | Unidirectional rotatable bezel in steel with 60-minute graduated disc in matt black anodised aluminium and pink gilded markings and numerals |
| Movement | Manufacture Calibre MT5602 (COSC) Self-winding mechanical movement with bidirectional rotor system |
| Power Reserve | Power reserve of approximately 70 hours |
| Dial | Black, domed |
| Crystal | Domed sapphire crystal |
| Winding Crown | Steel screw-down winding crown, with the TUDOR rose in relief, with circular satin-brushed steel winding crown tube |
| Waterproofness | Waterproof to 200 m (660 ft) |
| Bracelet | Brown leather strap with folding clasp and safety catch |
The characteristic element of the Black Bay Bronze is an imposing bronze case, 43 mm in diameter, which is an aesthetic reference to the use of bronze in historic ships and other diving equipment. The highperformance aluminium bronze alloy, guarantees the development of a unique patina to match its user’s habits. A combination of chocolatebrown dial and bezel – a …
Presented at Baselworld 2018, TUDOR’s famous Black Bay divers’ watch is now available with a new GMT function that establishes local time without losing sight of the time in two other time zones. Fitted with the Manufacture Calibre MT5652, the Black Bay GMT sports a distinctive burgundy and blue bezel.
The hybrid Black Bay Chrono combines the heritage of divers’ watches represented by the Black Bay family with the queen of the racetrack, the chronograph. The characteristics of the Black Bay collection are preserved in a steel case fitted with pushers inspired by the first generation of Tudor chronographs. A fixed bezel in circular satin-brushed steel with engraved tachy- metric …
The Black Bay celebrates 60 years of diving watches with extraordinary heritage. The iconic model inherits the general lines, as well as the domed dial and crystal from the first Tudor diving watches. It borrows the characteristic angular hands, known as snowflake, from the watches delivered in large quantities to the French National Navy in the 1970s.
Sixty years of TUDOR …