ohgodyeah - Tudor Black Bay Chronograph

ohgodyeah - Tudor Black Bay Chronograph

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Soov330e

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35,829 posts

270 months

counterofbeans

1,061 posts

138 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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oh god no not really

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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I quite like it. I think it would look much better on a bracelet though.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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jshell

11,006 posts

204 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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El stovey said:
I quite like it. I think it would look much better on a bracelet though.
The bracelet version comes with the Tudor rivetted bracelet. Bit Marmite, tbh.

sidicks

25,218 posts

220 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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El stovey said:
I quite like it. I think it would look much better on a bracelet though.
I thought you were right, then I looked at the pictures above and think I've decided that it suits the leather strap best after all!

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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jshell said:
El stovey said:
I quite like it. I think it would look much better on a bracelet though.
The bracelet version comes with the Tudor rivetted bracelet. Bit Marmite, tbh.
Looked ok from the front? Presumably the riveted bits are on the side.

Soov330e

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35,829 posts

270 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Needs a black suede NATo and it'd be perfect.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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I saw a heritage black bay burgundy bezel abroad the other day. I was thinking about buying it next time I pass through. I didn't try it on but didn't notice the rivets in the shop.

Look quite obvious in these side shots though.


anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Soov330e said:
Needs a black suede NATo and it'd be perfect.
Is the strap option it comes with actually denim as quoted? Sounds a bit nasty.

CardShark

4,190 posts

178 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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El stovey said:
Is the strap option it comes with actually denim as quoted? Sounds a bit nasty.
Denim "style" as per Tudor's website, possibly the most foul looking head/strap combination I've seen in a long time. Horrid, in my opinion.

I'm a bit meh about the bracelet, the retro-rivet look isn't really to my taste and would have preferred a regular oyster, and I can't quite make up my mind about the handset. Is the minute hand too thin or the hour hand too chunky? Other than that I'd say that it's Tudor's best new release, those bi-metal BBs are ghastly!

Jobbo

12,960 posts

263 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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I don't get it. The crown doesn't go with the pushers, the snowflake hands obscure the chrono sub-dials, the Black Bay branding should make it a diver but it's not. Still looks like it suffers from the spring-bar holes being low down the lugs, showing off the slightly less than perfect finishing on the parts of the case normally hidden by end links - much more of an issue when this looks more appropriate on a strap than the bracelet.

And on a subjective level, the chrono sub-dials are a touch too far apart in my eyes. I'd have a Speedy over this every time. Shame, because I love my Black Bay.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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CardShark said:
El stovey said:
Is the strap option it comes with actually denim as quoted? Sounds a bit nasty.
Denim "style" as per Tudor's website, possibly the most foul looking head/strap combination I've seen in a long time. Horrid, in my opinion.

I'm a bit meh about the bracelet, the retro-rivet look isn't really to my taste and would have preferred a regular oyster, and I can't quite make up my mind about the handset. Is the minute hand too thin or the hour hand too chunky? Other than that I'd say that it's Tudor's best new release, those bi-metal BBs are ghastly!
They do look odd. Like the kind of thing someones tried at home and put photos on the internet.

I think Rolex could do more with rubber diving straps etc but some of these fabric strap chronograph case combos are a bit dodgy from a manufacturer really.

dimots

3,013 posts

89 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Is this an entirely new watch? I don't know the Tudor range.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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I don't think the BB looks bad at all in bi metal, especially on the aged leather strap.

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Edited to actually show it on the leather strap

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Edited by LaurasOtherHalf on Thursday 23 March 13:52

UnclePat

508 posts

86 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Jobbo said:
I don't get it. The crown doesn't go with the pushers, the snowflake hands obscure the chrono sub-dials, the Black Bay branding should make it a diver but it's not. Still looks like it suffers from the spring-bar holes being low down the lugs, showing off the slightly less than perfect finishing on the parts of the case normally hidden by end links - much more of an issue when this looks more appropriate on a strap than the bracelet.

And on a subjective level, the chrono sub-dials are a touch too far apart in my eyes. I'd have a Speedy over this every time. Shame, because I love my Black Bay.
Agree with all of that. That lug-holes/exposed case height issue on a strap is one of the reasons I haven't yet pulled the trigger on a Black Bay as yet, even though I otherwise think it's an absolutely stunning watch.

As for the Chrono, it has a good movement, and it's not utterly hideous, but it's just proportionally not...right. The design is a bit of a mish-mash, which is a shame, as Tudor normally do well in that aspect.

SirSquidalot

4,039 posts

164 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Jobbo said:
I don't get it. The crown doesn't go with the pushers, the snowflake hands obscure the chrono sub-dials, the Black Bay branding should make it a diver but it's not. Still looks like it suffers from the spring-bar holes being low down the lugs, showing off the slightly less than perfect finishing on the parts of the case normally hidden by end links - much more of an issue when this looks more appropriate on a strap than the bracelet.

And on a subjective level, the chrono sub-dials are a touch too far apart in my eyes. I'd have a Speedy over this every time. Shame, because I love my Black Bay.
I loved the watch, but i read this and thought. Hang on, he's got a point! Design is just abit all over the shop for me.

CardShark

4,190 posts

178 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
I don't think the BB looks bad at all in bi metal, especially on the aged leather strap.

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Edited to actually show it on the leather strap

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Looks good on the NATO, never been a fan of Tudor's distressed leather, and the bi-metal bracelet along with the rivet style links is just too much.

Tudor would have to use the snowflake handset as that's a BB model identifier, though the hour hand would certainly make the subdials trickier to read - though who uses the chronograph function anyway (only relevant to the RH dial, the LH is running seconds)? Any marginal loss of practicality is worth it for the look IMO, it hasn't got the same design brief as an EZM Sinn for example, and despite my previous comments about the width of the hands I hadn't twigged that the regular BBs are the same. The crown? Well it's the same as all other BBs though it surely wouldn't cost much to develop one that has the same knurling as the pushers, the older Tudor chronos with lock down pushers have matched crown/pusher knurling and so does the current Heritage Chrono.

nikaiyo2

4,672 posts

194 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Shame, I really really want to buy a Tudor but non quite do it, this looks like bad things happened between a Speedmaster and a BB. Is this replacing the "Monte Carlo" Heritage Chrono, does anyone know?

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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The design doesn't seem as cohesive as the Heritage Chrono IMO.

The Speedy 60 Anniversry and the TAG Heuer Autavia work better in my eyes than the Tudor.

Took a liking to the Railmaster 60 anniversary and the Oris Chronoris from Baselworld...