Tudor, along with its corporate “big brother,” Rolex, had been holding back indefinitely on releasing new products to the market in pandemic-challenged 2020. But this week, Tudor finally took the plunge, so to speak, launching a new version of its vintage-influenced divers’ watch, the Black Bay Fifty-Eight, in Navy blue livery. Here’s what you need to know about it.

Black Bay Fifty-Eight Navy Blue on riveted bracelet

The Black Bay Fifty-Eight Navy Blue derives its name from the distinctive blue coloring on its dial and bezel insert ? matching the one used on Tudor’s dive watches for the French navy in the 1970s ? as well as the year 1958, which saw the release of the Ref. 7924 “Big Crown,” the first Tudor divers’ watch that achieved 200-meter water resistance. The steel case measures 39 mm in diameter ? more modest than the 41-mm size of the mainline Black Bay models and more in tune with the proportions of the 1950s dive watches that inspired it. The blue dial has a grained finish and the hallmark “Snowflake” hands and variety of shaped hour markers, all elements derived from vintage Tudor watches for divers.
The Tudor rose appears in relief on the screw-down crown.

The dial, like the sapphire crystal over it, is domed. The ratcheting, steel unidirectional rotating bezel is fitted with a dive-scale insert, made of anodized aluminum in the same matte blue as the dial and featuring silver-gilded numerals...