All of Tudor's New Baselworld 2018 Releases

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All of Tudor's New Baselworld 2018 Releases

Post by TimelessLuxWatches » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:02 pm

New Tudor Watches for Baselworld 2018

We wanted to compile all of Tudor’s new releases into one easy to read page for your convenience.

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Let’s start with one of the two most important watches, in my opinion anyway, from Tudor this year, the Black Bay GMT. I doubt it’ll surprise many Tudor fans that Tudor has stuck with what works, focusing on expanding the Black Bay line, but they have become more daring. The Black Bay GMT is a good example of that. Drawing very directly from Tudor’s Rolex heritage, it nonetheless features a new in-house MT5652 movement as opposed to either a Rolex or ETA movement. I don’t know too much about this new movement, but it superficially appears to be from the existing line of movements with an added GMT complication, which is precisely what I’d expect.

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As is usually the case with Tudor, the watch is available both on bracelet or various straps. On bracelet, it’s priced at a very reasonable $3,900, but the deal becomes even more tempting on any of the straps, particularly this one, at $3,575. That said, I think this particular watch really comes together on the bracelet, so that’s the one I’d recommend. No word yet on whether this is a “true” GMT complication, but given the Rolex pedigree and in-house movement, I certainly expect it to be.

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The next remarkable watch is the Black Bay Fifty-Eight. The BB58, as I’m calling it, may not look like that big of a shift from the existing S&G models, with its roughly similar black and gold theme. It is, however, very different, and that’s due to its 39mm case size. Apparently, this required creating a new movement, the MT5402. Armed with this new movement, I anticipate we’ll be seeing more and more Tudors beneath the usual 40+ range getting in-house movements down the road.

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Here’s our first look at the MT5402. I had to do a little digging, but I can tell you that the new MT5402 is just 26mm in diameter, compared to 33.8mm in the current MT5621 (etc.), a massive difference of roughly 8mm. In terms of design, despite the shrink, not much has changed, as it’s still the free sprung, silicon-hairspring, full balance bridge and 70 hour power reserve movement that we know from Tudor, at least as far as I can tell. You might be tempted to think that it’s merely a minitiarized version of the existing movement, but just looking at it, I can tell that there’s more going on in this movement. The bridges, for instance, seem to be quite different. The balance wheel may be the same, as this one looks massive compared to the rest of the movement. At any rate, it seems like the smaller movement will not be a downgrade.

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Another great feature of this BB58 is that it’s apparently going to be much thinner, just 11.9mm compared to more than 14 on other in-house Black Bays. That alone might be enough to get me to favor this one. Unlike the GMT, which I prefer on a bracelet ($3,575 on this watch), I actually think I prefer this particular strap more, which is nice since it’s just $3,250.

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Now we’ll go to the blue addition to the Black Bay family, the Black Bay 41 (and the Black Bay 36, and the Black bay 32). For brevity, we won’t get into the many different sizes of this watch, but suffice it to say, they’re very classic and very blue. All of the new models in this line continue to use the 2824, so depending on where you stand on the issue of in-house movements, that’s either good or bad news, but this is easily one of Tudor’s most popular models and the addition of this great new color is only going to help that.

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This also has the intentional or unintentional benefit of helping distance it from its Rolex sibling, the Explorer. Remember, these come in a wide variety of sizes as of today, so if you tend to lean towards smaller watches, make sure to check out more of them on our pre-order page.

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The last Black Bay we’ll look at is the new S&G. The new S&G is very similar to the original trio, but Tudor really amped up the gold factor with the dial this time around. In my opinion, this gives it an even greater vintage look than the first S&Gs, and certainly more wrist presence.

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This 41mm watch is available for either $4,975 on bracelet, or $3,775, a pretty sizable difference owing to the gold in the bracelet.

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Finally, we take a look at the new 1926 models, named after the date that Tudor (well, technically “The Tudor”) was established as a trademark. I think these are quite fetching, and for those aiming for either a dressier or more casual look from Tudor should take a good look at them. Amazingly, Tudor released a massive 36 versions of this watch today, so we can’t get into all of them, but I’ll show you a few of my favorites, including this Opaline Dial model.

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The simple black dial models, like this one, are more dressy and low-key. The new 1926 models are all powered by ETA movements, again, either a pro or con depending on your stance on in-house movements.

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And here’s my last favorite from the ’26 line, the silver dial. They come in black and gold two tone as well. Keep in mind that you can get these anywhere from 41mm all the way down to just 28mm, so there’s a wide variety here.

We’ll update this with more Tudor news as we find it!
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Post by JP Chestnut » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:13 pm

$3900 for the in house gmt is a deal.

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Post by dukerules » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:15 pm

Thanks for posting all of these. Yes, the prices are great, and a very welcome surprise.

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Post by Ruggs » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:29 pm

JP Chestnut wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:13 pm
$3900 for the in house gmt is a deal.
Agreed. Interested to see whether or not it has a jumping hr hand.

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Post by BlueSky » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:32 pm

Any guess re additional colorways for the BB58?

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BlueSky wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:32 pm
Any guess re additional colorways for the BB58?
Right now, all three are the gold/black dials (at least that I'm aware of), but down the road we should see some more variety.

If you look at the original '58 Submariner (the Big Crown), it only had gold accents on the dial, the bezel was still silver/black, so safe bet that we'll see that at some point.

That said, it's hard to see why they wouldn't borrow the case and movement and apply it to other lines of Black Bays with different designs, like the Blue or Steel.

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Post by BlueSky » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:16 pm

Thanks Brett.

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Post by JP Chestnut » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:20 pm

Ruggs wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:29 pm
JP Chestnut wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:13 pm
$3900 for the in house gmt is a deal.
Agreed. Interested to see whether or not it has a jumping hr hand.
It functions just like a Rolex gmt movement, so yes it does.

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Post by dnslater » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:43 pm

Brett

Any idea when you expect the BB58’s to come in stock? BTW I just placed a deposit on your site.

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Post by Axelay2003 » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:53 pm

Tudor Black Bay GMT M79830RB-0001 (bracelet) for $3,900.00.

Damn, that's doable.
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dnslater wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:43 pm
Brett

Any idea when you expect the BB58’s to come in stock? BTW I just placed a deposit on your site.
Not just yet, but let me send an e-mail and see if they can tell me. It might be a little while before we hear back since it's late at night there.

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TimelessLuxWatches wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:05 pm
dnslater wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:43 pm
Brett

Any idea when you expect the BB58’s to come in stock? BTW I just placed a deposit on your site.
Not just yet, but let me send an e-mail and see if they can tell me. It might be a little while before we hear back since it's late at night there.
Thanks
:cheers:

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dnslater wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:14 pm
TimelessLuxWatches wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:05 pm
dnslater wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:43 pm
Brett

Any idea when you expect the BB58’s to come in stock? BTW I just placed a deposit on your site.
Not just yet, but let me send an e-mail and see if they can tell me. It might be a little while before we hear back since it's late at night there.
Thanks
:cheers:
I'm being told summer for the GMTs, but that's all they know for now, sorry. I'd guess summer for the BB58s too.

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Post by tattoo chef » Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:07 pm

That blue BB41 is super hot. I also notice they went with a different bracelet on these as compared to the rivet bracket on the dive version and that on a strap there is no gap. Hot.


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Axelay2003 wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:53 pm
Tudor Black Bay GMT M79830RB-0001 (bracelet) for $3,900.00.

Damn, that's doable.
Oh yeah. With what I’ve got going on, it’ll be a while for me. And that’s OK, I can wait until the new watch model frenzy dies down some. But I will have one, oh yes. And if they do an all black bezel insert some day ...............
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Post by hoppyjr » Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:16 am

Before I get excited about the BB58, does anyone know the lug width for sure?


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Post by JP Chestnut » Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:19 am

I haven’t seen it.

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Post by hoppyjr » Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:33 pm

TTDP an hour later.

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Post by JP Chestnut » Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:40 pm

Real life photos:
https://www.fratellowatches.com/the-new ... nner-case/

It really bugs that these "watch journalists" don't bother to ask the brand reps for details like lug width.

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Post by Panerai7 » Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:38 pm

Seppia wrote:
Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:24 pm
JP Chestnut wrote:Real life photos:
https://www.fratellowatches.com/the-new ... nner-case/

It really bugs that these "watch journalists" don't bother to ask the brand reps for details like lug width.
Luckily I hate gilt, but man this watch does look cool
Oh Andrea, I think you're coming up with excuses not to buy a watch :) Too big, too small, too gilt too white, too long lugs too short lugs too tall to flat too heavy too light :lol:

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Post by JP Chestnut » Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:54 pm

Seppia wrote:
Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:24 pm
JP Chestnut wrote:Real life photos:
https://www.fratellowatches.com/the-new ... nner-case/

It really bugs that these "watch journalists" don't bother to ask the brand reps for details like lug width.
Luckily I hate gilt, but man this watch does look cool
Get the not gilt version which is coming next year.

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Post by Henryj » Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:24 pm

Ruggs wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:29 pm
JP Chestnut wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:13 pm
$3900 for the in house gmt is a deal.
Agreed. Interested to see whether or not it has a jumping hr hand.
It does. The Tudor website has a little tutorial on setting it up, and it's the same functionality as a Rolex or GS GMT with quickset 12 hour hand.
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Post by hoppyjr » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:16 pm

I think the fake rivet style bracelet sucks, but that GMT would look good on a RubberB/Everest fitted rubber strap.

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Post by Panerai7 » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:30 pm

hoppyjr wrote:
Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:16 pm
I think the fake rivet style bracelet sucks, but that GMT would look good on a RubberB/Everest fitted rubber strap.
Vintage inspired watch on a modern integrated rubber bracelet? No way.

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Post by hoppyjr » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:53 pm

Panerai7 wrote:
hoppyjr wrote:
Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:16 pm
I think the fake rivet style bracelet sucks, but that GMT would look good on a RubberB/Everest fitted rubber strap.
Vintage inspired watch on a modern integrated rubber bracelet? No way.
I’m a rebel.

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