Baselworld 2019: First Look at the Tudor Black Bay Bronze Slate Gray
Does anyone else remember a few short years ago when bronze watches were just starting to gather some steam and become more popular" It could be argued that they really popped as a product group when Tudor introduced the original Black Bay Bronze with a brown dial and Bezel at Baselworld 2016. Here we are, three years later, and I think it?s safe to say that those who were calling bronze watches a mere fad at the time will have to eat their proverbial hats. They?re simply not going anywhere, and Tudor, at Baselworld 2019, is back with a new incarnation of their big bronze patina machine, in a new color.
Tudor Black Bay Bronze
Case Material: Bronze with PVD coated steel caseback
Dial: Slate grey
Dimensions: 43mm
Crystal: Sapphire
Water resistance: 200 meters
Crown: Screw down
Movement: Manufacture Calibre MT5601 (COSC)
Strap/bracelet: Rounded black nubuck leather with bronze buckle
Price: $4,050
Expected release: n/a
This Black Bay Bronze stays true to the formula for this watch (in addition to the original brown version, Tudor also made a limited edition for jeweler Bucherer in blue, and a piece unique in green with a left hand crown for the 2017 Only Watch charity auction). The new version sports a slate grey dial and matching bezel, which contrasts nicely with the bronze tone, and will likely become even more interesting once that patina starts to develop. It?s a hefty 43mm in diameter with the traditional Black Bay case shape, which is to say, it...
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