Anyone here ever try on or own the Black Bay Chrono?

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Re: Anyone here ever try on or own the Black Bay Chrono?

Post by JP Chestnut » Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:11 am

^^^ Did you own all those?

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Post by Chocodove » Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:14 am

JP Chestnut wrote:^^^ Did you own all those?
Just to service them, then promptly sold.

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Post by BBK357 » Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:40 am

JP Chestnut wrote:^^^ Did you own all those?

Yep
And a lot more of them


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Post by matt.wu » Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:02 pm

BBK357 wrote: Image
That's a great watch. Do you still have it?

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Post by JP Chestnut » Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:21 pm

BBK357 wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:40 am
JP Chestnut wrote:^^^ Did you own all those?

Yep
And a lot more of them


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I wish I would have been around to scoop one up, post servicing of course, at rock bottom prices.

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Post by fastward » Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:50 pm

Ryeguy wrote:
fastward wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:52 pm
How’s the clasp?
Are you still stuck in Boston? If so, I think the Tournuea in Copley Place might have one. I think I saw it in their case when I was there last month.

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Post by jswing » Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:50 pm

Panerai7 wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:19 am
well 41mm BB and 42 Ti super light Pelagos aren't like giant on any wrist I don't think. You have a Tuna that wears larger than Pelagos I'm sure
I can wear both, but don't really like how either wears on a smaller wrist, due to the long(ish) lugs and the slab-sided mid case. I've bought the BB twice, and really want to love it, but I just don't like how it wears. If they do ever produce one in Sub dimensions (40x48, with a thinner mid case) I'll be back in line for one.

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Post by Jeep99dad » Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:01 pm

JP Chestnut wrote:
Panerai7 wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:54 am
JP Chestnut wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:29 am
dukerules wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:14 am
With the new ambassadors and aggressive marketing, I've completely lost interest in modern Tudor.
Where the shitty uninspired retread designs not enough to do it? It seems pretty clear that Tudor caught lightning in the bottle with the original BB, Pelagos, and THC triple. They're slowly heading back to this
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and I haven't seen anything to suggest that they're capable of stopping that slide.
Rolex got mad that Tudor has been making better watches for the past 5 years so they told Tudor to dial it down, hence the newest Tudors are a joke if I see another green, pink, purple BB I'll throw up.
Black Pelagos and BB Black and Blue are still awesome.
The thing that kills me is that they make that ugly small no bezel BB but they don't make a smaller version of either the normal BB or the Pelagos! :scream:
I agree with that.

and although i do like the B.B. in 41 it doesn’t need to be this thick and those darn spring bars need to be closer to the case.
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Post by Jeep99dad » Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:05 pm

ericf4 wrote:
Jeep99dad wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 6:27 am
I tried it on a few times and liked it more on the wrist than I had expected. The 45 subdial is still odd to me.
In the end i went for the cheaper and more retro Longines Big Eye which also has an odd minute counter Image
yeah i don't care about the odd counter as i rarely ever use the chrono. I like the look of a chrono more than the actual usefulness of it.
Right.
Then you may be ok Image It’s not a small Watch and it’s thick but you like large Watches. So you may love it. Initially I didn’t like the hands with the Chrono subdials, but when i tried it on, it didn’t bother me.
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Post by BBK357 » Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:43 pm

matt.wu wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:02 pm
BBK357 wrote: Image
That's a great watch. Do you still have it?

:shrug:


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Post by dinexus » Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:59 pm

I literally was telling a buddy a year or so back that Tudor was one of those rare watch brands who (at that time) “could do no wrong.”
Awfully nice of them to set me straight


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Post by james80 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:07 am

How badly does the hour hand block the sub dials? All the online pics seem to show it at 10:10, I hate big hands on chrono.

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Post by Denizen » Sat Jan 06, 2018 9:15 am

BBK357 wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:43 pm
matt.wu wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:02 pm
BBK357 wrote: Image
That's a great watch. Do you still have it?

:shrug:


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It would have been nice if you did.

The ones without the cyclops were dead cool.

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Post by matt.wu » Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:02 am

Denizen wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:43 pm
matt.wu wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:02 pm
BBK357 wrote: Image
That's a great watch. Do you still have it?

:shrug:


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It would have been nice if you did.

The ones without the cyclops were dead cool.

Image
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Post by Denizen » Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:16 am

matt.wu wrote:
Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:02 am
Denizen wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:43 pm
matt.wu wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:02 pm
BBK357 wrote: Image
That's a great watch. Do you still have it?

:shrug:


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It would have been nice if you did.

The ones without the cyclops were dead cool.

Image
Yeah...hits the spot. Dead on.

When I typed my post above, I choose to type 'cool' instead of 'gorgeous' at the last second. Then deemed it too much of a bother to edit the post. Hence, the curious reading of the sentence.

The watch is both drop dead gorgeous and cool.

What's the current asking price for these now? I'm not too current on Rolex/Tudor pricing for awhile now.

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