Watches & Wonders 2025: The Tudor Black Bay 58 with METAS Certification
Announced for Watches & Wonders 2025, the newest Tudor Black Bay 58 features a sleek burgundy dial and bezel, but it represents much more than a new colorway: it's the future of the brand. It's the latest in a still limited but growing number of Tudor models to feature the master chronometer certification from METAS.
You loved the perfectly sized Black Bay 58 in its original version, but this very much seems like it's now truly fulfilling its potential. According to the brand, it'll continue building out its models with its most desirable features, including this meaningful certification.
The master chronometer designation from METAS is a stringent certification that not many watches or brands receive. Going significantly beyond the better known and more common COSC (though this watch is also COSC-certified just for good measure), it's telling of METAS's difficulty that a even brand like Tudor with the backing of the all-powerful Rolex has taken so long to incrementally introduce more certified watches since its first was announced in 2021. (Read more about the certification criteria in the above link.)
With an in-house automatic movement (MT5400), Tudor's famously stellar build quality, and the Black Bay's handsome yet distinctive looks — what else do you even want in a watch? A great bracelet with an adjustable clasp? Well, Tudor hears you. Also new for the Black Bay 58 is a five-link bracelet option (though we still prefer the traditional three-link with the retro rivets) and both include the adjustable T-Fit clasp. This is another feature the brand says will eventually be an option on all Tudor models.
If you're as much of a Tudor and Black Bay 58 fan as we are, it might seem just about ideal. For now, however, you may have to ask yourself if you're a burgundy fan (insert Anchorman meme here). You might want to see it in person, though, before you answer. It might not have been the first color I would have wanted based on the brand images alone, but seeing and trying it at Watches & Wonders was compelling.
This is similar to a color (red) that Tudor often uses to announce new models and features, and the sunburst effect wasn't nearly as noticeable as the press images portrayed it. It more or less looked matte to me, as a retro dive or tool watch dial should be.
At launch, the Tudor Black Bay 58 (reference M7939A1A0RU) comes on the familiar three-link steel bracelet for CHF 4,150, on a five-link steel bracelet for CHF 100 more, or on a rubber strap for CHF 3,950. All feature the T-Fit clasp.
To learn more, visit Tudor here.
