![]() ![]() There’s one thing about the Black Bay Chronograph which has been quite controversial, and this is the fact that the Chronograph uses the classic snowflake hands. Of course, dive watches and chronographs are quite distant from each other and are used in different areas, and so some people would argue that it makes no sense that the Chronograph takes plenty of inspiration from its dive watches, but on the flip side, why wouldn’t Tudor want to ride the success wave of their Black Bay diver model? In Tudor’s own words: ”The new hybrid Black Bay Chrono chronograph dares to combine the aquatic heritage represented by the Black Bay family with the queen of the racetrack, the chronograph.” Of course, a complaint that some people have had about the similarities between the Black Bay diver and the Black bay Chronograph is that they should be more distinct. This includes elements such as the iconic big crown with rose logo, the no crown guards setup, snowflake hands, matte dial, and many more.Īs a result of these elements, the Black Bay Chronograph combines vintage dive watch personalities with modern design elements and other interesting features. The Chronograph continues to use many of the defining features of the Black Bay divers, which doesn’t come as a surprise since they’ve been contributing factors to the success of them. ![]() The watch, in true Black Bay fashion, combines elements of both vintage diver and chronograph watches. If we look at the design of the watch, and also its name, if you are familiar with the Black Bay divers, you know what to expect from the Chronograph. But that’s what they did, and thus catching many people off guard. Tudor had huge success with their dive watches, but not a lot of people would think that they would take their immensely popular Black Bay dive watch and rework it into a Chronograph. The Tudor Black Bay Chronograph received quite a lot of exposure upon its launch partly because it was a watch that most people didn’t see coming. In this article, we’re digging into the Tudor Black Bay Chronograph 79350, go through the background and specifications of this watch from Tudor.īackground to the Tudor Black Bay Chronograph It was also met with some controversy, which I’ll go more into detail of further on. Tudor released the Black Bay Heritage Chronograph, reference M79350-0004, normally referred to as 79350.Īt its launch, the Black Bay Chronograph became the center of attention and gained a lot of exposure. This includes a two-tone variant, a GMT, a 39mm, and a full bronze watch just to name a few.īut at Baselworld watch fair 2017. Since then, Tudor has released numerous variants of the initial three Black Bay divers reference 79220 which were offered in Black, Blue, Red. This model took inspiration from Tudor’s dive watches (Submariner) from the 1950s and 1960s and combined modern element with vintage-inspired design features which people had come to love. In 2012, Tudor released its Heritage Black Bay model. The Tudor Heritage Black Bay range is unarguably the most successful modern model line from Tudor, and this is also the reason why Tudor continues to build on the model line with new references and new variants. ![]()
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