Tudor Black Bay Steel Review

The tudor heritage black bay steel.

Tudor black bay steel review.

So although it isn t a brand new caliber it is still a pretty cool movement with 70 hours of power reserve a somewhat standard 28 800 bph operating speed and a silicone hairspring in a price point where a totally in house movement is rare. When looking at 3 hand black bay models many look the same with the exception of color but. Regardless of what you choose you got a complimentary tudor fabric strap in black. Bronze black bay black blue bezel red bezel green bezel chronograph on and on.

There s not too much to be said about the case of the black bay steel that hasn t already been said about every other black bay. The tudor black bay is available with a steel bracelet. The black bay is commonly compared to the popular rolex submariner. It takes inspiration from the brand s riveted bracelets from the 50s and 60s.

My money is on the steel bracelet. The dial surface is matte black and looks a touch faded to my eyes. Talking about the black bay s homage to earlier tudor dive watches it highlights tudor s efforts in taking inspiration from vintage tried and tested models. This came to me from timeless luxury watches an authorized dealer out of texas.

70922b black bay blue we reviewed in depth the black bay 58 ref. It s steel it s 41mm across and has those high smooth sides that make the black bay such an easy watch to spot from under a cuff though it must be said the. Specifically the big crown ref. In fact it s basically a slightly scaled down version of the black bay black dial i reviewed a couple of years ago read that review here.

Or a fabric strap with buckle. The complimentary fabric strap was however removed from the black bay set with the introduction of the new reference 79230. It closes with a folding buckle and safety clasp. 79030n that was introduced in 2018 is based on historic tudor submariner models.

At baselworld this year tudor introduced a new version of the black bay dubbed steel or more precisely the reference 79730. And has a nice stepped construction. As with the first tudor black bay ref. 7924 that was introduced in.

The new tudor black bay steel has the same mt5612 as tudor s north flag and pelagos. 70922r which came out in 2012 with a maroon bezel and subsequent models such as the ref. The tudor heritage black bay 79220r was when retailed available on either a leather strap or steel bracelet. The one i have had on hand for a few weeks is the tudor black bay steel.

Even more than the case the dial of the bb58 is pure black bay. Immediately during the official presentation i wondered to myself about the real purpose of this watch which admittedly is a tudor black bay no question about it this new version perfectly blends into the rest of the collection.