2021 Tudor Black Bay 58 925 Sterling Silver 39mm 79010SG
Ref: 79010SG
Specification
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Like-New / Stickered / Silver Tarnished
Box & Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : .925 Sterling Silver
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Tudor box, swing tag and paperwork. It comes paired with its original 20mm Tudor fabric NATO strap and .925 Sterling silver pin buckle and hardware. The watch is from April 2021 and is sold in unworn and stickered condition with oxidation to the lugs, case, crown, strap pin buckle and hardware as a result of many years of storage in a safe, as you can see, this can be cleaned back to normal but I personally think this looks incredible so I have left it as it is. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.
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The Watch
Here we have a 2021 Tudor Black Bay 58 925 Sterling Silver 79010SG with a satin-finished 39mm .925 Sterling silver case. The case curves over your wrist with a lug-to-lug length of 48mm and a case thickness of 12.5mm, giving the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side is a screw-down crown, with a 925 silver winding crown tube and Tudor Rose in relief. The .925 Sterling silver unidirectional bezel has an anodised aluminium insert with a .925 Sterling silver 60-minute dive scale. The domed sapphire crystal sits above a Taupe-coloured dial. An outer minute track surrounds the applied silver disc, and baton indexes are filled with SuperLumiNova, marking the hours. The characteristic Snowflake hands have an infill of SuperLumiNova complemented by a counterweighted taped sweeping second hand. Text is in silver at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock, respectively, completing this striking dive watch. On the reverse, a screw-down exhibition case back, 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. The movement is finished in a combination of sandblasting, satin brushing, and polishing. It comes paired with its original 20mm Tudor fabric NATO strap and .925 Sterling silver pin buckle and hardware. The watch also comes with its Tudor presentation box, swing tag, stickers and paperwork.
Personal Note
Have you ever wondered what happens if you leave a Tudor Black Bay 925 Sterling Silver unworn in a safe for years? Well, now you know. Sterling Silver oxidises, this happens to all .925 Sterling Silver. This is where the Silver tarnishes and changes colour due to a reaction with the moisture and gases in the air. What you're seeing here is the result of over 3 and half years being sat in a safe, unused, and left fully stickered. This is easily the most extreme I've seen. This can be reversed with a cleaning solution, plenty of elbow grease, and patience. I personally think it looks amazing and serves as a reminder to all what happens to Silver, even the Silver Tudor uses. The number of times I've heard people say Tudor uses a silver that doesn't tarnish. I think we've settled that one!
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.