2021 Stickered Tudor Black Bay 58 18ct Gold Green Dial 79018V
Ref: 79018V
Specification
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Like-New / Stickered
Box & Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : 18ct Yellow Gold
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Tudor box, swing tags and paperwork. The watch comes paired with its original 20mm Tudor leather strap and 18ct yellow gold pin buckle. The watch is from August 2021 and is sold in unworn and stickered 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 Stickered Tudor Black Bay 58 18ct Gold Green Dial 79018V with a curvaceous satin-finished 39mm 18ct yellow gold case. The case curves over your wrist with a lug-to-lug length of 47.5mm and a case thickness of 11.5mm, giving the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side is a screw-down crown, with an 18ct yellow gold winding crown tube and Tudor Rose in relief. The 18ct yellow gold unidirectional bezel has a matte green anodised aluminium insert with a gilded 60-minute dive scale. The domed sapphire crystal sits above a matte green coloured dial. An outer gilded minute track surrounds the applied disc, and baton indexes are filled with SuperLumiNova, marking the hours. The characteristic Snowflake hands are filled with SuperLumiNova complemented by a counterweighted taped sweeping second hand. Text is in gilded gold at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock, respectively, completing this striking dive watch. On the reverse, a screw-down exhibition case back with the gold hallmarks and details of the watch engraved, inside an automatic Tudor Cal. MT5400, 27 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour. This in-house movement is COSC-certified and has a skeletonised bi-directional rotor and silicon balance spring, and the movement is finished in a combination of sandblasting, satin brushing, and polishing. It comes paired with its 20mm Tudor brown alligator strap with a signed buckle in 18ct yellow gold, and the watch also comes with its Tudor presentation box and papers.
Personal Note
A Tudor Black Bay 58 in solid 18ct gold, it sounds so counterintuitive to what it should be, but wow does it work in the metal and look incredible on the wrist. This reference 79018V features one of the most subtle green dials and bezels I have seen on a watch, in some lights morphing into a deep grey and in others a rich dark green. With an eyewatering recommended retail price of £16,100 this is certainly up there, but this 2021 example in unworn and fully stickered condition comes in at nearly half that price, and at that price, it is a watch to seriously consider for your collection!
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 guaranteed the technical, aesthetic, and functional characteristics, along with the 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 “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 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.