$7,000
Black Bay Chrono
Black Bay Chrono
Since the launch in 1970 of the Oysterdate model, its first chronograph, TUDOR has always produced watches that are closely tied to the world of motor sport. Since 1954, TUDOR has likewise been constantly improving its professional divers’ watches. The Black Bay Chrono model combines these traditions in a sports chronograph for purists, with contrasting sub-counters and a high-performance automatic Manufacture Calibre, with column wheel and vertical clutch.
The Black Bay Chrono is already a daring design, and with this boutique exclusive, it now features a “TUDOR Blue” dial.
The dial features a domed blue satin sun-brushed with contrasting silver circular sub-counters. It taps into TUDOR’s rich tradition of incorporating blue dials into all the lines of the collection. Throughout the decades, the brand has pioneered blue hues in a number of designs. This has led to the notion of "TUDOR Blue", referring to its permanence in TUDOR characteristic aesthetics more than the colour itself.
The Manufacture Chronograph Calibre MT5813, which powers this Black Bay Chrono model, displays hour, minute, second, chronograph and date functions. It has the finish typical of TUDOR Manufacture Calibres. Its rotor in tungsten monobloc is openwork and satin-brushed with sand-blasted details, and its bridges and mainplate have alternate sand-blasted and polished surfaces with laser decorations.
The model is also available mounted on a 5-link stainless steel bracelet or a 3-link stainless steel “rivet style” bracelet inspired by the folding riveted bracelets made by TUDOR in the 1950s and 1960s. These were famous for having rivet heads for attaching the links, visible on the side of the bracelet. The links also had a distinct stepped construction. These two aesthetic details appear on today’s model, which still integrates modern manufacturing methods with solid links.
