2016/17 Tudor Black Bay Steel & Gold Black 41mm on Bracelet 79733N
Ref: 79733N
Specification
Lugs : 22mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : Box
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Tudor Box. It comes paired with its original 22mm Faux Rivet Oyster stainless steel and 0.2mm 18ct Yellow Gold cap centre link, with its Tudor signed clasp and fliplock, all links included. The watch is from Circa. 2016/17 and is sold in worn condition, but overall, it is in very fair condition, as you can see. Fresh from a light polish. It comes with our 12-Months Warranty.
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The Watch
Here we have a 2016/17 Tudor Black Bay Steel & Gold Black 79733N on a Bracelet. A curvaceous 41mm stainless steel and Yellow Gold case curves over your wrist thanks to the tapered lugs. Its polished and satin-finished flanks lead to a lug-to-lug length of 50mm and a case thickness of 14mm, giving the watch an impressive wrist presence; on the right side is a screw-down signed 0.3mm Yellow Gold cap crown and a black anodised aluminium tube, a 0.3mm Yellow Gold cap covers the bidirectional stainless steel bezel and has a black anodised aluminium dive insert with gold numerals and markings, holding a domed sapphire crystal above a matte black dial, a gold outer minute track surrounds applied disc and baton indexes mark the hours, at 3 o’clock a date window, Yellow Gold outlined Snowflake hands filled with Super-LumiNova are complimented with a Snowflake sweeping second hand. On the reverse, a screw-down coin-edged case back, inside we have the automatic Tudor Cal. MT5612, in-house COSC Certified 26 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour with hacking seconds, silicon balance spring and a bi-directional rotor. The watch comes paired with its original 22mm Faux Rivet Oyster stainless steel and 0.2mm 18ct Yellow Gold cap centre link, with its Tudor signed clasp and fliplock, all links included, and the watch also comes with its original Tudor presentation box.
Personal Note
Fresh from a light polish, this Tudor Black Bay Steel & Gold, reference 79733N, looks incredible and offers a ton of value for your money, especially on the bracelet. Being that this is the 41mm Black Bay case, it is heavier and bulkier on the wrist, which is exactly what some of you are looking for in contrast against the slimmer and smaller Black Bay 58/54. If you are unsure on the size, I would not hesitate to book a viewing and try it on for yourself, but be warned, you just may leave with it on your wrist!
The Brand
Swiss watchmaking company “Veuve de Philippe Hüther” was founded on behalf of Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex watches, first registered in 1926 with the Tudor trademark. Wilsdorf took it over himself in 1936. Soon after the Second World War, Hans Wilsdorf, who founded Rolex, knew that it was time for Tudor to have a proper identity of its own. The Tudor Rose started to appear on their dials from this moment. On 6 March 1946, he created the “Montres TUDOR S.A.” company, creating watches for both men and women. Rolex guaranteed the overall design aesthetic, as well as distribution and after-sales service. In 1948, we saw the first Tudor-specific advertisement. A few years later, they introduced the TUDOR Oyster Prince in 1952. Hans Wilsdorf allowed Tudor to use their waterproof Oyster case and the original self-winding Perpetual ’rotor’ movement. This was an exclusive arrangement that benefitted both brands. Development soon commenced with the introduction of the TUDOR Oyster Prince Submariner, reference 7922, in 1954. This watch was quickly adopted by the French Navy in 1956. Building on their reputation of robustness in 1961, the Rose was replaced by the shield. Later in 1969, we saw the design changes in Ref. 7016, where, for the first time, square indexes and angular hands nicknamed “snowflakes” allowed for a greater amount of lume to be applied; this was appreciated by the divers of the French Navy. These innovations can be seen in the Black Bay and Pelagos collections. In 1971, Tudor introduced the Oysterdate chronographs, nicknamed “Monte-Carlo” due to their resembling a roulette wheel, and celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1996. That same year, Tudor decided to shed Rolex-signed components such as the cases, crowns, and bracelets in favour of Tudor-branded ones. Today, Tudor uses the in-house movements that were developed initially in 2015 in collaboration with Breitling.