Tudor Black Bay Blue 41

For the better part of the past decade, Tudor has been knocking it out of the park with their contemporary offerings. Watches such as the Black Bay, Heritage Chronograph and Pelagos collections have been flying off the shelves for their impressive looks, sporty construction and thoughtful price points. 

With all of the sporty bangers in Tudor’s Black Bay collection, it would be easy to overlook the foundational pieces that served as the bedrock for Tudor when they made their return to the U.S. and U.K. in 2013. The debut of their flagship vintage diver showed off a burgundy bezel, dark brown dial and rose gold markers and hands. Not your typical "understated dive watch" aesthetic.

So when Tudor released the more stoic, black dial and blue bezel Black Bay 41, naturally hardcore dive watch fanatics flocked towards that particular model. It's popularity continues to this very day, hence the model remains rooted in the manufacture's current catalog.

This modern Black Bay 41, a Reference 79230B, features a robust 41mm stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal, signed 'rose' screw-down crown and an anodized matte blue rotating timing bezel. The luminous black dial features highly legible markers and Tudor's signature 'snowflake' handset. 

Powered by a Tudor's self-winding Calibre MT5602 movement, this piece is equipped with a sturdy, multi-link bracelet with a signed flip-lock clasp. What's more, this piece comes with a complete kit including inner box, outer box, additional bracelet links and a dated warranty card.

In excellent condition, we simply cannot speak highly enough of this watch as an entry-level daily driver.

It’s simple, robust, and yup ... timeless.

Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf created Tudor in 1926 for the everyman — for miners, construction workers and all sorts of tradesmen. For your everyday person Rolex was sometimes — and is now more so than ever — out of reach. It was meant for the explorer and the businessman, whereas Tudor was to be a different creature entirely.

In creating Tudor, Wilsdorf wanted to offer “a watch that our agents could sell at a more modest price than our Rolex watches, and yet one that would attain the standards of dependability for which Rolex is famous.”

Tudors were in many ways Rolexes in all but name, with the same waterproof Oyster cases and similar styling. However, in order to keep costs down, the brand used off-the-shelf Swiss movements rather than their own in-house calibres. What resulted were watches that were more affordable than Rolexes to the consumer, but still uniformly tough and reliable.

Today Tudor has certainly defeated any impression of being the redheaded stepchild of the Rolex family, and their current timepiece collection — as well as their vintage counterparts — are getting the recognition and respect they most rightfully deserve. From the colorful “Home Plate” chronograph to the complicated Advisor, these models often picked up where Rolex left off, daring to be more bold and playful in their design. And now that the brand has introduced in-house movements while still managing to keep pricing modest, the company is better poised than ever to win the hearts and minds of millions of new watch enthusiasts.

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