Tudor — Black Bay
Black Bay
Produced 2012–2016. Burgundy-bezel Tudor Black Bay 79220R, the 2012 ETA-powered launch version that established the modern Black Bay formula. It pairs a 41 mm stainless-steel case with a black gilt-accent dial, snowflake hands, and the…
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Reference79220R
BrandTudor
FamilyBlack Bay
Produced2012–2016
StatusDiscontinued
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Tudor — 11 min readTudor Black Bay: The Heritage Platform That Rebuilt TudorA connected history of the Tudor Black Bay, from the 1950s Submariner archive and Marine Nationale snowflake hands to the 2012 burgundy Heritage Black Bay, in-house movements, Black Bay Fifty-Eight, GMT and Chrono branches, ceramic and precious-metal experiments, and the modern METAS-certified generation.
Oyster and Tudor centenary — 8 min readA Hundred Years of the Oyster, and Tudor Turns 100 TooIn 1926 Hans Wilsdorf sealed a watch like a shell and registered a second name for customers who couldn't quite stretch to the first. A hundred years on, Rolex and Tudor are both still throwing parties for the same year.
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