2024-04-09 11:29:47
After earlier releasing a watch that paid tribute to David Beckham’s football team, Tudor has received the latest news after the official launch of Watches & Wonders. For Tudor enthusiasts or others who care about news in the watch industry, this is The announcement of a new watch is exciting – a smaller, thinner GMT watch. Although the brand launched the well-received BlackBay GMT in 2018, it used a 41mm watch diameter setting. Later, Black Bay Pro was launched in 2022 with a GMT function and a 39mm watch diameter. However, since it has become popular to slim down watch diameters in recent years, the emergence of a more compact and thinner Black Bay 58 GMT or Pelagos GMT will make the current family product line more complete.
Black Bay 58 GMT. (Photographer : Thomas Chene)
Black Bay 58 GMT. (Photographer : Thomas Chene)
Thomas Chene
The new Black Bay 58 GMT looks similar to the Black Bay GMT launched earlier, but has several key differences: First, it uses a 39mm case, which is more faithful to the size of the original Black Bay prototype in the mid-1950s. , paired with a burgundy and black aluminum “Cola” bezel, the dial is plated with gold 24-hour scale, plus a black dial with gold elements, the hour markers and classic snowflake hands are also in elegant gold . (Interestingly, rumors until the Watches & Wonders show predicted that Rolex would launch a “Coke” GMT.) Of course, in order to launch a 39mm size GMT watch, this also means that the brand has developed a new movement for it – MT5450. -U, the movement is COSC and METAS certified and has a 65-hour power reserve.
For those with slimmer wrists who crave a durable tool watch equipped with a GMT function, the Black Bay 58 GMT is nothing short of a very pleasing new model. In terms of specifications, it has 200 meters of water resistance, a movement calibration standard of 0/+5 seconds per day, a magnetic impedance of 15,000 Gauss, and Weekend Proof (Editor’s note: It means that the power reserve is enough to last the user even for two days on the weekend) If you don’t wear the watch and put it on on Monday when you’re at work, the watch will still retain power without having to re-adjust or wind it up (power reserve). It’s obviously not a watch that requires careful care. It’s available on a 3-link stainless steel “rivet” bracelet or a black rubber strap, both equipped with the brand’s beloved self-adjusting “T-fit” clasp. Priced between US$4,400-$4,600, but offering an hour jump function – meaning you can quickly adjust to a new local time – another great thing about this watch is that you get the same features as the Rolex GMT-Master II , but at about one-third the price.
So the most important question is, who is the Black Bay 58 GMT suitable for? As we said, Tudor already has a durable GMT watch – the 41mm Black Bay GMT, as well as the 39mm Black Bay Pro. But the new Black Bay 58 GMT, with its wearable case thickness of 12.8mm, is significantly thinner than the Pro (14.6mm thick), and still offers the fan-favorite bi-directional 24-hour bezel that allows for easy tracking of three time zones . Although it is inevitable that some people will not like the frosted texture of the “Coke” bezel and dial, the important thing is that this new model has a more ergonomic case. But in any case, it has become a new member of the Tudor family. In addition, we can definitely expect that in the next few years, the brand is likely to continue to play with many “color” combinations for this watch. I believe Is this the most anticipated thing for brand lovers and collectors around the world?
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