Maybe one day, hopefully, we’ll get the 7930 too! I particularly love that this new watch is reference 79360. So the black tachymeter Small Block watch (the series after the Big Blocks) had reference 79260. Tudor has always differentiated its references within series by the different bezel types since the 79100 series Big Blocks this has been 60 for black tachymeter, 70 for rotating 12-hour bezel and 80 for fixed steel tachymeter. The watch also has a new bezel design, that again harks back to the Big Blocks and specifically the 79160 Big Block with black tachymeter bezel. It’s a Black Bay and so the signature snowflake hands are present, taking this racing-inspired chrono to watery depths too. The sub dials are recessed into the dial for a depth and to enhance the contrast in all lights. The chrono counters mirror the first two series of watches from 19 with two sub dials, one a 45-minute counter and the other running seconds plus a date at six o’clock. The dials are domed and come in either matte back with white subdials or opaline with black sub registered. These watches were big watches for the time at 40mm and were significantly more robust that their cousins over at Rolex. Then in 1971 came the 7100 series with similarly striking dials, nicknamed Monte Carlo by collectors. The first series chrono, references 70, got the nickname Homeplate due to its hour marker design but was actually pictured with a rally car and a Porsche 911 in print advertisements of the era. Tudor’s chronographs were initially super-striking designs, in grey and orange and blue and orange colour schemes that epitomised the 1970s sporty styling of chronographs that were inspired by and marketed alongside motor racing. Like the Black Bay Chronos S&G and Dark before, the case has been revisited to make it sleeker on the wrist and the resulting sporty timer will no doubt be a runaway success. To mark this anniversary, Tudor has reworked its Black Bay Chrono Steel and given it a new dial design and bezel style that harks back to the brands Big Block era. 2020 marked 50 years of the Tudor chronograph, a story that began with the Homeplate watches in 1970 and was a cornerstone of the brand’s experimental design and innovation for decades.
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