So while we're all calming down from Watches and Wonders last week, I've got here one of the most
underrated Tudor releases ever in the last five years. Stick around. I'm gonna talk about it.
Welcome back to Taking Time. I'm Jonathan and I've got none other than the brand that is
near and dear to my heart, Tudor. And I've got here the late 2021 release. The Black
Bay Fighty-Eight in bronze. It's not just the case that's in bronze. It's got a full bracelet,
full-riveted with the clasp. And today I want to talk about it. So this came out, I forgot,
it was like September or October. It was a very, very quiet release in late 2021. And it
really flew under the radar and I don't know why because Tudor's bronze case, you know, Black Bay
models are very popular. They've almost got a cult following and this needs the recognition that it
deserves. So anyways, this is the standard Black Bay Fighty-Eight model, but there are a few key
differences other than it being in bronze. It's got an actual bigger movement inside.
It's got the, I think it's the MT5400
versus the Black Bay Fighty-Eight. The standard Black Bay Fighty-Eight has the 402
movement, which is technically smaller. I think they increased the size by like,
I do not know, 5 millimeters. Anyways, this is the first time that they've done the 39-millimeter
case in complete bronze. And at that, it's got the standard bronze dial. It's got the 3,6,9,
the Explorer dial, and then it's got the old brown insert for the first generation for the Black Bay.
I think it was 42 millimeters, the bronze case watches for the Black Bay line. Anyways, this got
the standard faux-riveted, Black Bay Fighty-Eight bracelet and it's fully bronzed. And what sets
this watch differently than other bronze watches is actually Tudor uses an in-house proprietary
bronze blend. So it's actually not going to turn green on your wrist versus other bronze watches.
They either turn into this nasty kind of orange or this like tarnish green kind of color and
actually leaves mark on your wrist sometimes. People have like allergic reactions and like,
they're just not pretty to look at. Anyways, this will not do that. So, and if it does Tudor
actually offers a restoration program free of, I think it's free of charge actually,
which is really cool. You send it to Tudor, if it does patina then they'll actually restore it
to its actual luster like it is now. Now the main key point that sets this watch other than
being bronze again is the clasp. Tudor has come out with the clasp that is going to
essentially make this watch, like the watch going forward, short of Rolex
to buy. And what makes this so cool is this. Tudor has mastered their own glide-lock system.
So essentially it's pretty much like Rolex's, but it's Tudor. So it's essentially, you just pull up,
you pull back and you've got 8 magical millimeters of extension, which, you know, on the fly short of
the magic ingenuity of the Pelagos model and their you know, clasp system, Tudor is yet to come out
with a successful glide-lock system nor anybody else. There are other brands out there that have
very clunky glide-lock similar systems. This is very well done. It's very discreet and it's
very comfortable. But yeah, so we just got this in and I think it's got box and papers with it.
So you know how I always say that I'm going to take a second mortgage out
on my house before I buy it because you know, I'm a Tudor fan, so yeah. Give me a call, email me,
like, and subscribe. Do all this before, you know, I end up buying this watch myself.