Tudor has a knack for taking the spotlight at Baselworld. Over the last few years, the news cycle seems to always start with Tudor ? perhaps through a ?leaked? teaser or a pre-Basel party on the eve of the show ? and then it comes back to Tudor when blogs, such as yours truly, publish wrap-ups, round-ups and best-ofs for the event. 2018 was no different ? in fact, it may have been Tudor?s strongest year yet.
The first wave of news to hit was that Tudor had launched a GMT Black Bay (read our review here). It was a logical next step for the brand and the Black Bay line. And then came the second wave. The rumors sounded wrong at first ? almost like they were too good to be true. Could Tudor really have released a 39-millimeter Black Bay with a bezel" Sure, they had already done smaller, non-bezel varieties, but to make a smaller, bezeled Black Bay seemed unlikely. I mean, at that point wouldn?t it be nearly at vintage Submariner proportions" And if they did make it, then what movement would they use" Surely not an in-house movement, I thought. After all, the original Black Bay and Pelagos actually got a touch thicker when they made that switch from ETA to in-house, suggesting that Tudor?s movements are fairly sizable. I concluded that the rumors were wrong.
let’s cut to the chase: it wears very well

And then, much to my pleasant surprise, I was the wrong one. The new watch, dubbed the Black Bay Fifty-Eight, was very much real, and it was really just 3...