Welcome back to Taking Time. I'm Jonathan. And no, these are not three big crown Rolex Submariners.
These are Tudors and they're highly controversial stick around and I'll talk about them.
So I've got three Tudor Black Bay here. They're all in the 41 millimeter case.
They're not the Black Bay 58 and the smaller 39 case. And these are three
highly controversial watches in the aspects of — we've got the Black Bay steel bezel diver. We've
got the GMT and we've got the very controversial Harrod's edition. So not many people are talking
about these watches and I don't know why, so I'm bringing them out into the light.
And so I'm going to start with the Black Bay steel diver. So it's otherwise known as the
Black Bay Diver Date. I actually wear this watch it's my daily wear. So
this came out in 2017 with their new in-house movement. I think it's called the MT 5612.
It's got 70 hours powers. It's got their basically their own version of a silicone hairspring.
It's got a full balanced bridge. You know, it's got the works. You get a lot of bang for your
buck with this watch, in my opinion, because you get a date function, you get a screw down crown
200 meters of water resistance in a unidirectional steel bezel instead of having an aluminum insert.
Now, another thing that's pretty controversial is the bracelet. Now me personally, I don't like
bracelets in general. These though look totally different than what's on the market today. These
actually feature a full riveted bracelet, which nobody does anymore. These all three of these
watches actually feature this bracelet and this bracelet hearkens back to a vintage look that came
on the Rolex summer. And it's got a really unique look to it. And that's what Tudor actually is
going for is kind of a heritage inspired look now moving on to the 2018, I think it was 2010 or 2019
whenever Rolex actually reintroduce the steel GMT with the Pepsi bezel in a ceramic bezel,
that exact same year Tudor actually released their own version of the Pepsi bezel.
This is actually super controversial at the time because Tudor was actually seen in some
lights to be copying Rolex. Again, it's got the same 41 millimeter case. It's got a screw down,
crown tuner meters, water resistance, but it's got a bi-directional mean the bezel goes in both ways
and aluminum insert. It's not ceramic. So it's going to fade. It's going to age over time
or with you, as you grow with the watch. It's got a 24 hour bezel instead of having a dive counter
bezel. And it's got a true GMT movement in it from Tudor. And it's got a date function as well,
and it's got the same riveted bracelet, everything. And it's about the same
thickness as my watches. I think it's around 15 or 16 millimeters. So it's a thick watch,
but it's going to be able to take whatever you can throw at it and still go to the beach.
Now, moving on to the last piece, which you don't see all lot of again, this is a highly
controversial piece because in some aspects, Tudor again is seen in some lights as copying Rolex.
But this is also I think the most unique piece, not just because it's a limited production piece,
but it just looks so drastically different from what Tudor actually offers. This is the limited
production. Yes, limited production, not limited edition. There is no time for it. No timeframe
on how long this watch is actually going to be produced in 2017 whenever Tudor released after
to release their in-house movement, Harrod's actually partnered with Tudor, which is like a
super high-end luxury mall. That's like six stories in downtown London over in England
to actually produce a watch that can only be bought at the mall.
And nowhere else, it's not in Tudors website.
The only way that we got it is magic. Really. So this watch actually features the same thing
as both these other two watches with a little bit of difference. So it's got, what's called
the Harrod's green bezel, the bezel being green kind of copies, both the modern ceramic Kermit,
and then the 50th anniversary Kermit with a little bit of a difference.
So this screen, I think actually looks personally a lot better. And at that it's got a guilted dial.
So the dial on this compared to these two, where actually these two are actually with
steel indices and steel hands. This actually has 18 karat gold guilted. And I think it's rose gold
indices and hands. Now this features everything that the other two have with the 70 hours of power
reserve and the 41 millimeter case. And it's 200 meters water resistance, but since it's a
limited production, we don't know how long this thing's going to be produced. And SwissWatchExpo
only has one in stock right now. And these things go quick. All right. And the market's
skyrocketing with these things. So before any of these things go, give me a call at SwissWatchExpo,
go to our websites SwissWatchExpo.com while we still have this before it's gone.