Tudor Black Bay

Silver Treasure: Testing the Tudor Black Bay Fifty Eight 925

Tudor has brought silver back onto the scene with its Black Bay Fifty Eight 925. How good is this watch with the striking taupe dial? We find out in this in-depth, hands-on review from the WatchTime Archives. Tudor is one of the few brands whose desirability has increased significantly in recent years. This is mainly...

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Oct 28, 2023 by Jens Koch

Sponsored: A Durable Style – Meet the Victorinox I.N.O.X. Chrono

Since its founding in 1884, Victorinox has been a steady champion of utility-driven style. From its now-iconic Swiss Army Knife, the brand has garnered a wide renown for reliable functionality in its products, with its modern collection of timepieces carrying that legacy forward. In the brand’s latest, the new I.N.O.X. Chrono, we see a continuation...

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Dec 1, 2023 by WatchTime

WATCH TEST

Deep Black: Testing the Tudor Black Bay Dark

A black watch is perfect for diving in deep dark waters, and it looks great on dry land, too. In this feature from WatchTime's June 2017 issue, we test Tudor’s popular model in its recently launched all-black version: the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Dark. Original photos are by OK-Photography.

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Jun 25, 2023 by Alexander Krupp

Blue Lagoon: Testing the Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight Navy Blue

Tudor has expanded its popular Black Bay Fifty-Eight series of dive watches. One of the latest additions is a blue version with a manufacture caliber and a moderately sized 39-mm case that won the “Challenge” watch award at the 2020 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). How does Tudor’s award-winner fare in our test? The...

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Jun 11, 2023 by Jens Koch

Black Magic: The Tudor Black Bay Ceramic

This article was originally published in the March/April 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Photos by Olaf Köster. Without much fanfare, Tudor has elevated the Black Bay to the status of a Master Chronometer. This classic timepiece now upholds one of the strictest qualitative and technological standards in the watch industry. And the new Black...

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May 30, 2023 by Martina Richter

Easy Rider: Reviewing the Tudor Black Bay Chrono

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in 2022. In 2021, in honor of its 50-year chronograph history, Tudor issued the Black Bay Chrono — a subtle combination of traditional aesthetics and modern watchmaking. With a slim case, dials with contrasting subdial counters, and a contemporary movement, it is more than...

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May 27, 2023 by Martina Richter

Tudor Goes Polar with the Latest Black Bay GMT

Among its releases at this year’s Watches and Wonders, Tudor expanded its Black Bay GMT collection with a new execution sporting a bright polar dial. Though the brand ensures that the dial is not quite white, as it has a silvery “opaline” sheen, it is a fresh approach to the Tudor sports watch lineup that...

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Apr 24, 2023 by Caleb Anderson

Tudor Debuts Its Latest Vintage Diver Recall in the Black Bay 54

There’s no doubt that the Black Bay, a historically inspired diver’s watch with a highly authentic appeal, is one of Tudor’s most important collections today. It also takes the spotlight at this year’s Watches and Wonders. In addition to the classic Black Bay with a 41mm diameter and the classic Black Bay Fifty-Eight with a...

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Mar 28, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Tudor Announces Pop-Up Boutique During Watches and Wonders 2023

During this year’s Watches and Wonders, Tudor will open a pop-up boutique where the entire range of its watches, including the new releases of 2023, such as the Black Bay 54 and the Black Bay GMT, will be available for purchase. Starting at 12pm on Monday, March 27th, the pop-up boutique, will be open...

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Mar 26, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Tudor Goes Diving with the French Navy: Introducing the Pelagos FXD

Few brands generate as much buzz as does Tudor these days with new releases from its vintage-inspired dive watch collections — as witness the excitement over this year’s launches of the Black Bay Chronograph and Black Bay Ceramic. The latest, hailing from the Rolex-owned watchmaker’s Pelagos family, is an unusual, military-grade watch purpose-built for the...

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Nov 15, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Hands-On with the Next Generation of Tudor Black Bay Chronographs

Tudor can always be counted on to make a splash at international watch events, and that held true once more at this year’s virtual Watches & Wonders fair, during which the brand released the latest updates to its ever-popular Black Bay collection. Leading the charge were two new precious-metal editions of the smaller-sized Black Bay...

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Aug 16, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Tudor Introduces Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze: New Size, New Bracelet

Tudor returned to watch-industry headlines recently, for good reason, with the unveiling of the latest addition to its popular, “mid-sized” Black Bay 58 collection, the Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze, which offers not only the namesake bronze case but also the option to wear it on a solid bronze, Oyster-style bracelet. Featuring the aesthetics of previous...

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Jun 30, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

A New Level of Mastery: Tudor Black Bay Ceramic Debuts with Master Chronometer Caliber

Those who have followed Tudor in recent years have undoubtedly recognized that the Rolex-owned brand has forged a solid identity of its own, at times even venturing outside its parent’s corporate umbrella to work with other watch-industry partners, the most notable instance being its collaboration with Breitling to develop the caliber for 2017’s Black Bay...

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May 26, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Behind Giants, Tudor Unveils a New Time-Only, Silver-Dial Black Bay in Three Sizes

Tudor made major waves the past few weeks with the release of its precious-metal Black Bay 58 editions, as well as major updates to its Black Bay Chronograph series, at Watches & Wonders. But Tudor had one more release up its sleeve, perhaps a bit overshadowed behind those two giants. The non-diver, time-only Black Bay...

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May 3, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Silver and Gold: Tudor’s Black Bay 58 Gets a Precious-Metal Refresh (Updated with Live Photos)

It’s no secret that Tudor’s Black Bay has been one of its most successful collections in recent times, and the success of the Fifty-Eight sub-family within that collection has been evident since its release in 2018. Last year, capitalizing upon this success, Tudor unveiled a new blue variation of the Black Bay Fifty-Eight to much...

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Apr 15, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Tudor Black Bay Bronze Bucherer Blue Surfaces in the U.S., Exclusive to Tourneau

Tudor has used blue as a traditional color in its watches since 1969, when the first Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner, Ref. 7021, debuted with a blue dial. In 2016, the brand began using a distinctive “Bucherer Blue” for special models sold in Europe and made in partnership with mega-retailer Bucherer. This year, Tudor finally brings...

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Jan 22, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

TREND PIECE:

Two-Tone Tendencies: The Hottest Bicolor Watches of 2019

Depending on execution, two-tone timepieces can come off as a striking alternative to your daily wristwear or fall into the domain of over the top and extravagant. Despite the fine line that exists between good looking and gauche, two-tone has emerged as one of 2019’s hottest trends with the halls of Baselworld and SIHH filled...

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Nov 25, 2019 by WatchTime

PERFORMING A HAKA:

Tudor’s New Black Bay Chrono for the New Zealand All Blacks (with Live Images)

The Rugby World Cup is a men’s rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. As the official timekeeper of the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan (September 20 to November 2), Tudor will equip all participating referees with a Black Bay Chrono in Steel (see WatchTime’s review from 2018). More importantly: As a...

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Sep 14, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

WATCH TO WATCH

Tudor Embraces Two-Tone With Black Bay Chronograph S&G

Tudor's 2017 release of its first Black Bay Chronograph in 2017 was one of the watch world's most intriguing stories that year, mostly owing to the timepiece's use of a new movement sourced not from Tudor's "big brother" brand, Rolex, but from stopwatch specialist Breitling. The new Black Bay Chronograph S&G (Steel & Gold) is a vintage-look two-tone timepiece that will remind many Rolex aficionados of the classic "John Player Special" Cosmograph Daytona model of the late 1960s.

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Aug 15, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

Baselworld 2019:

WatchTime’s Official Editors’ Round Table for Baselworld

Baselworld 2019 will most likely go down as the show’s deciding year: On one hand, Baselworld had to deal with yet another significantly lower number of exhibitors (and visitors); on the other hand, the show’s new management also had to make sure the outlook for 2020 would be convincing enough to bring back large portions...

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Apr 6, 2019 by WatchTime

BASELWORLD 2019:

A U.S. Navy Prototype Resurfaces: The Tudor Black Bay P01

Back in 1967, while it was a supplier of watches to the U.S. Navy, Tudor developed a prototype for a new, tactical divers’s watch, meeting a set of specifications set by the U.S. government, to replace the standard-issue Oyster Prince Submariner Ref. 7928. This prototype, code-named “Commando” never saw the light of day, as the...

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Mar 21, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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