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Tudor at Baselworld 2018: The Complete Round Up Including the Black Bay GMT
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Tudor at Baselworld 2018: The Complete Round Up Including the Black Bay GMT
Tudor 1926
The idea behind this one is quite simple: 1926 was the year when, the brand’s founder Hans Wilsdorf registered the name, Tudor — hence the name. And also, the new watch makes reference to the brand’s rich library of textured dials from its past — honeycomb or waffle — which we see applied here.
Tudor Black Bay
The other dial addition to note is with the steel and gold, which now has a champagne dial variation. Curious that Tudor has the dial out now, in line with how vintages watches with champagne dials are seeing an increase in demand.
Black Bay GMT
Goes without saying that the big-ticket watch from Tudor this Baselworld, is the Black Bay GMT. A completely new function and watch to Tudor family. But, that it was announced on the same day that Rolex announced the “Pepsi” GMT Master II Oystersteel, with the Jubilee bracelet, there were a few eyebrows raised in the room, wondering what was going on.
Tudor explains that the family of Rolex and Tudor, collectively decided, that if both brands had the watch in the pipeline, it was only right to have aligned with one another to make the unveiling simultaneously.
The movement used is also Tudor’s own. The MT5652 as it has been named, is a full bridge construction movement with the GMT function integrated within rather than incorporated as a module onto an existing movement.
Then you consider the CHF 3,400 starting point for the Black Bay GMT and, honestly, it becomes the no-brainer watch of the fair.