Tudor Embraces Two-Tone With Black Bay Chronograph S&G
Tudor’s 2017 release of its first Black Bay Chronograph in 2017 was inarguably one of the watch world’s most intriguing stories that year, mostly owing to the timepiece’s use of a new movement sourced not from Tudor’s “big brother” brand, Rolex, but from stopwatch specialist Breitling. It was inevitable that new versions of the original, steel-cased Black Bay Chronograph would surface in subsequent years, but the one that debuted at Baselworld 2019 proved to be perhaps, an even bolder iteration than anyone expected. The Black Bay Chronograph S&G (Steel & Gold) is a vintage-look two-tone timepiece that will remind many Rolex aficionados of the classic “John Player Special” Cosmograph Daytona model of the late 1960s. Tudor Black Bay Chrono S&G on steel and gold bracelet
The Tudor Black Bay Chronograph S&G adds new materials and colors to its 2017 predecessor, using yellow gold for the bezel, crown and chronograph pushers, along with an anodized aluminum insert for the fixed tachymeter-scale bezel. All the now-familiar Black Bay hallmarks are present: the ?Snowflake? hands characteristic of the Tudor dive watches used by the French Navy in the 1970s; the domed dial and crystal that were common on those selfsame watches; and the large winding crown from the 1958 Tudor ?Big Crown? dive watch (Ref. 7924). Said crown screws into the 41-mm, stainless steel case middle for a water resistance of 200 meters and is decorat...
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