After a week of cryptic teasers with the message ?just one more thing? Tudor has revealed the Black Bay Ceramic. Once again, the speculation missed the mark by a wide margin, as the Steve Jobs-ian tagline (and recent Marine Nationale news) may have set expectations running a bit wild. Nevertheless, Tudor?s return to the regular Black Bay range does come with an interesting bit of news, and that is the now METAS certified master chronometer build of their manufacture caliber MT5602. 
If you?re thinking this watch sounds a bit familiar, you?re not wrong. Tudor made an all-black ceramic Black Bay for Only Watch 2019, as well as a regular production Black Bay Dark featuring a black PVD case back in 2016, so this is a look and material with some precedent, even if it is divisive among enthusiasts.
The newest Black Bay in ceramic looks similar to the Only Watch creation, with a fully black bezel that lacks even a lume pip. The black dial gets a bit of contrast here, however, with what appears to be off-white colored lume filling the hour markers and hands. The branding and minute track are rendered in grey across the dial, and for the first time ever, include the name ?Black Bay? at 6 o?clock above the ?Master Chronometer? label.

The black ceramic mid case gets the micro-blasted matte finish, while the bezel assembly is PVD 316L steel with brushed ceramic insert. The measurements are the same as you?d find other Black Bay 41 models, at 41mm in diameter, 14.8mm thick, ...