As part of their Watches & Wonders push for 2021, Tudor has updated their Black Bay Chrono with some subtle (and some not-so-subtle) tweaks that seem to be a play for the enthusiast market. The original Black Bay Chrono was released during what felt like at the time to be the height of Black Bay insanity. Tudor was slapping the Black Bay branding on just about every watch coming out of the factory, which made this diving chronograph with some racing inspired design cues feel a little like it was trying to be two things at once. The new releases feel much more directly automotive inspired and are the better for it, and time has done its thing in the intervening years and allowed us to accept the Black Bay as much more than a tool diver. With that in mind, let?s take a look at the new Black Bay Chrono.
The most obvious change right off the bat is that we?re dealing with some new dial variants. The Black Bay Chrono now comes in your choice of a black dial with white subdials or an opaline dial with black subdials. In addition to incorporating the classic panda and reverse panda color schemes into the line, Tudor has also made a change to the bezel. It?s now in black anodized aluminum, whereas before it was steel. It will be a matter of personal preference as to which one any potential customer likes better, but I find the black bezel to be a nice change of pace and a solid complement to each dial, and the fact that it’s aluminum and not ceramic lends the wa...