Tudor?s Heritage Black Bay Chronograph profits from a collaboration with Breitling while drawing deeply from Tudor?s own history. In this feature from WatchTime’s April 2018 issue, with original photos by OK-Photography, we give the watch an in-depth review.
The Tudor Heritage Black Bay Chronograph (Ref. 79350)
Our photographer appreciates high-quality products that have a story to tell ? like his Leica camera that’s been around since 1954, attached to a leather strap from Cyprus that has a unique, well-worn patina. As he?s staging the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Chrono for our photo shoot for this review, it occurs to him that he prefers classic objects with no ?sell-by date.?
Tudor draws characteristic elements of this watch from models in its past. The curved sapphire crystal and dial recall the first Tudor dive watch. The oversize ?Big Crown? is a design feature of the Reference 7924 from 1958, the first Tudor wristwatch to be water-resistant to a depth of 200 meters. The water resistance is printed in red on the dial of this watch, just as it was on historical models. And the new model?s ?snowflake? hands are like those on the Tudor wristwatches that were supplied to the French Navy in the 1970s. History also connects the new Heritage Black Bay Chrono with the world of motorsports ? represented here by the chronograph with its fixed tachymeter bezel, which has been a feature of all Tudor stopwatches. Tudor introduced its first chronograph, the ?Prince Oysterd...