2021 Tudor Black Bay P01 42mm Automatic 70150
Ref: 70150
Specification
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Tudor presentation box and paperwork. It comes paired with its thick Tudor 20mm fitted strap in brown leather and rubber secured by a signed folding buckle. The watch is from September 2021 and is sold in lightly used condition, as you can see from the photographs. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.
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The Watch
Here, we have a 2021 Tudor Black Bay P01 Automatic 70150 launched at Baselworld in 2019 with its distinctive 42mm satin-finished stainless steel asymmetric case. This watch is based on an imaginative prototype developed in the late 1960s as part of their “Commando” development program. It was submitted to the US Navy but was never adopted, and Tudor patented its hinged-end link system for locking and dismantling (in case of repair) in 1968. The watch's tapered profile sits comfortably on your wrist with thick, drilled, flat-ended hinged lugs, and a lug-to-lug length of 55mm and a case thickness of 14mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. The clever bezel-stopping system operates by raising the end link at 12 o’clock so you can rotate the bidirectional 60-notched 12-hour stepped bezel and then press it down to lock it in place at the desired hour. At 4 o’clock we have a screw-down signed crown protected by crown guards that are part of the case for added strength. A domed sapphire crystal sits above a domed matte black dial. An outer minute track surrounds disc and baton indexes coated in Super-LumiNova, marking the hours; at 3 o’clock, a framed date window, the characteristic Snowflake hands are filled with the same lume and complemented by a Snowflake counterweighted sweeping second hand. At noon, we have the Tudor motif, and at 6 o’clock, in red, “200m 660ft.” In white, “Chronometer Officially Certified” completes this faithful recreation of a unique Prototype. On the reverse a screw-down coin-edged case back, inside an automatic Tudor Cal. MT5612, 26 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour, introduced in 2015, this in-house COSC Certified movement has a bi-directional rotor, hand winding and hacking seconds functionality for your convenience. The watch comes paired with its thick Tudor 20mm fitted strap in brown leather and rubber secured by a signed folding buckle and comes with its Tudor presentation box and paperwork.
Personal Note
Finally, after all these years I have acquired the Tudor Black Bay P01, reference 70150. Considered by some to be one of the most hideous watches ever released, some as the best looking and others as one of the most intriguing... I definitely sit on the intrigued fence and it wears so much better on the wrist than I expected and it does grow on you the more you wear it. The watch does have a basis in Tudor's history, based on an imaginative prototype developed in the late 1960s as part of their “Commando” development program. It was submitted to the US Navy but was never adopted, and Tudor patented its hinged-end link system for locking and dismantling (in case of repair) in 1968. I would not hesitate to add this watch to your collection today!
The Brand
The Tudor trademark was first registered in 1926 by the Swiss watchmaking company “Veuve de Philippe Hüther” on behalf of Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex watches. Wilsdorf took it over himself in 1936. Just after the Second World War, Hans Wilsdorf, Founder of Rolex, knew that the time had come to expand and give the Tudor brand a proper identity of its own. The Tudor Rose started to appear on their dials from this time. Thus, on 6 March 1946, he created the “Montres TUDOR S.A.” company, specialising in models for both men and women. Rolex guarantees the technical, aesthetic and functional characteristics, along with the distribution and after-sales service. In 1948 we saw the first Tudor-specific advertising. 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 its 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 “Snowflake” allowed for a greater amount of lume to be applied, and the divers of the French Navy appreciated this. Today, 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. Celebrating their 50th anniversary in 1996. In 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 their in-house movements developed initially in 2015 in collaboration with Breitling.