2017 Tudor Black Bay Bronze 43mm 79250BM
Ref: 79250BM

Points of Mention

This watch is sold with its Tudor box and Tudor paperwork The watch comes paired on its original 23mm Tudor leather strap with a bronze buckle. Inside the box, we have the 23mm NATO strap. The watch is from December 2017 and is in fair, worn condition with patina developed throughout. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.

The Watch

The Tudor trademark was first registered in 1926 by 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 guaranteed 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 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 “snowflake” allowed for a greater amount of lume to be applied; this was appreciated by the divers of the French Navy. 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 it 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.

Our 2017 Tudor Black Bay Bronze 79250BM has a 43mm brushed bronze case that curves over your wrist for a comfortable fit. The case has a lug to lug length of 52.5mm and a thickness of 14mm giving the watch an impressive wrist presence. Brushed surfaces and polished edges are expertly executed around the case. On the right side is a signed screw-down crown. A bronze unidirectional bezel has a distinctive brown and bronze 60-minute scale insert. The domed vintage-style boxed sapphire crystal sits above a rich chocolate brown dial. An outer minute track has gilt-edged discs and numerals at 3, 6, and 9. The characteristic snowflake hands are gilt-edged and coated in luminance complemented by a sweeping second hand.  The gold accents really work with the bronze case. Text is precisely applied to the dial. On the reverse, a coin-edged screw-down case back. Inside the in-house Automatic Tudor Cal. MT5601, 25 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour. COSC certified. The MT stands for "Manufacture Tudor". The watch comes fitted on its 23mm Tudor leather strap with a bronze pin buckle and in the box, we have the 23mm NATO strap. The watch comes with its Tudor presentation box and papers.

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