2024 Tudor Black Bay Chrono 'Watches of Switzerland' Limited 79360N

Here we have a 2024 Tudor Black Bay Chrono 'Watches of Switzerland' 79360N Limited to 100 pieces, making this one of the lowest limited editions Tudor has produced, celebrating their centenary. Watches of Switzerland has a rich history, evolving from a 1924 mail-order business to a leading luxury watch retailer in the UK and US, now part of The Watches of Switzerland Group. The group's history extends back further through its subsidiaries, Mappin & Webb and Goldsmiths, with Mappin & Webb's roots in a 1775 silver workshop and Goldsmiths' beginnings in 1778. The company has grown through acquisitions and ownership changes, eventually rebranding as the Watches of Switzerland Group and launching on the London Stock Exchange in 2019. Featuring a 41mm satin brushed and polished stainless steel case that curves over your wrist with tapered lugs. A polished chamfered-edge flows across the case and leads to a comfortable lug-to-lug length of 50mm and a case thickness of 14mm, giving the watch an impressive wrist presence. We have the screw-down pushers down the right side and a signed screw-down crown in the centre, reminiscent of the early Tudor chronographs. A fixed stainless steel bezel features an anodised aluminium insert that is precisely marked with a Tachymeter Units Per Hour scale, which measures speed or calculates quantities per hour based on elapsed time. A domed sapphire crystal above a striking Opaline bicompax dial. An outer minute track precisely executed surrounds applied disc and inverted triangle indexes filled with Super-LumiNova marking the hours; at 3 o’clock, a recessed 45-minute register, at 6 o’clock, a colour-matched date window and finally, at 9 o’clock a small seconds register, each black register has white markings and a white hand, a red arrow pointed chronograph hand complements the characteristic Snowflake hands, coated in the same luminescence, and at 12 o’clock we have the Tudor motif and at 6 o’clock ‘Watches of Switzerland’. On the reverse, a solid screw-down case back, Watches of Switzerland 1924- 2024 1 of 100. Inside an automatic Tudor Cal. MT5813, 41 jewels, beating at 28,800 beats per hour; this column wheel chronograph is based on the Breitling B01 movement and is COSC Certified. It comes paired with its original Tudor 22mm brushed and polished stainless steel simulated rivet style bracelet that is, in fact, secured with screws, a signed deployment safety clamshell lock, and all links provided. This watch is sold with its Tudor box, swing tag, bezel protector and paperwork.

This watch is sold with its Tudor box, swing tag, bezel protector and paperwork. It comes paired with its original Tudor 22mm brushed and polished stainless steel simulated rivet style bracelet, a signed deployment safety clamshell lock, and all links provided. The watch is from March 2024 and is in unworn and still stickered condition, as you can see from the photographs. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.

Here we have a fantastic Tudor Black Bay Chrono, reference 79360N, but not just any Black Bay Chrono, this is the 'Watches of Switzerland' limited edition of 100 pieces to celebrate 100 years of Watches of Switzerland in 2024. With their logo proudly stated on the dial and with such small numbers, I can safely say you are very unlikely to run into anyone wearing this exact same edition. I would not hesitate to add this unworn and fully stickered example to your collection today!

Reference : 79360N
Movement : Automatic Tudor Cal. MT5813
Age : March 2024
Year : 2024
Case Size : 41mm
Case Thickness : 14mm
Lug to Lug : 50mm
Lugs : 22mm
Condition : Unworn
Box and Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

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 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.