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 Chronograph. For its latest, and largely unexpected timepiece, the Black Bay Ceramic, Tudor not only presents its first watch in an all-matte-black ceramic case, but also the first whose movement has been certified by the independent Swiss Institute of Metrology (METAS) as a Master Chronometer ? a designation up until now used exclusively by Rolex arch-competitor Omega.

The Black Bay Ceramic is Tudor’s first Master Chronometer watch.
On the surface, the new watch is a sporty and logical extension of the popular Black Bay series of dive watches, with a 41-mm monobloc case made of micro-blasted black ceramic; a unidirectional, rotatable bezel in matching black PVD-treated steel with an engraved, 60-minute graduated dive scale on a ceramic insert; and a black PVD screw-down crown with the Tudor rose emblem helping to ensure a water resistance of 200 meters. The monochromatic theme continues on the black, domed dial with the geometric markers and “snowflake” hands, both luminous-coated, which are hallmarks of the Black Bay series. Subtle touches added to this new model include the case’...