{"id":144863,"date":"2023-03-27T19:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revolutionwatch.com\/?p=144863"},"modified":"2024-04-17T07:38:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T23:38:21","slug":"tudor-black-bay-54-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revolutionwatch.com\/tudor-black-bay-54-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Tudor\u2019s Dive Watch Genesis \u2013 The Black Bay 54"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Tudor dive watch saga began in 1954, with the introduction of the Submariner reference 7922. The watch was diminutive by modern standards, measuring 37mm, and was of the no-crown-guard variety with a small (compared to the later Big Crown Subs) 6mm winding crown. Waterproof to a depth of 100m it was the beginning of a fun and daring story that continues to date. Like the Black Bay Fifty-Eight, that paid tribute to the 1958 so-called Big Crown 7924, the new Black Bay 54 celebrates that first dive watch and is, according to the brand, the most \u201ctrue to form\u201d Black Bay yet. Let\u2019s dive a little deeper.
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My favorite element? It’s got to be the bezel. So much emphasis is placed on the bezel with vintage Submariners from both Tudor and Rolex, with a correct mid-1950s bezel in perfect condition selling for tens of thousands of dollars. Tudor has used a no-hash-marks insert on the 54, which is brilliant, and they have kept the triangle at 12 silver instead of making it red. It\u2019s a small but important detail to guys like me! The bezel itself has also been reworked with a coin-edge profile that is very faithful to the original style on vintage no-crown-guard Tudors.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Finally, the bracelet options. The steel bracelet is the tried-and-tested rivet-link design that we have seen on the Black Bays and other Tudors for a while now. Fans of the T-Fit clasp can breathe a collective sigh of relief as the bracelet does have the feature. New for the 54 is, however, a rubber strap with steel endlinks in a similar vein to the set up seen on the Pelagos. The good news is that the clasp on the rubber strap also has the T-Fit function on the clasp.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Reference:<\/b> 79000N
\nMovement:<\/b> Manufacture Caliber MT5400
\nFunctions:<\/b> Hours, minutes and stop-seconds
\nCase:<\/b> 37mm stainless steel
\nDial:<\/b> Black domed sunray finish with gilt accents
\nStrap:<\/b> Three-link stainless steel bracelet with polished and satin finish, or rubber strap, both with TUDOR \u201cT-fit\u201d clasp<\/div><\/div><\/div> \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":144865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[5,86,94,3965,3962],"tags":[3692,93,1807,3885],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n