Since the launch of the popular vintage-sized Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight diver replica in 2018, the Tudor Dynasty faithful have been waiting for the brand to explore more of the classic modern Black Bay Fifty-Eight diver . By 2020, those hopes have been fulfilled as the Fifty-Eight line has just added a new model inspired by the classic Tudor Submariner "Blue Snowflake" of the 1960s and late 1970s, for which the French Navy is famous. The new Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight "navy blue" watch replica feels like every element of the spirit of the current luxury watch era is intact, with its modest size, retro-inspired design, dark blue colour scheme and reasonable price point.
Looking at the new Tudor Heritage Blue watch replica, Tudor has incorporated the color – which I would describe as lighter and more grey than the bezel of the Black Bay "Midnight Blue" and somewhat less saturated than the blue used for the truly excellent Pelagos Blue – while opting to maintain the core Black Bay design language. So we have a coin-edge bezel, circular hour markers, no drilled lugs, and white lume that glows bright green.
Holding true to its gilt sibling, the case remains 39mm wide, 11.9mm thick (inclusive of the boxed sapphire crystal), and 47mm lug to lug. Water resistance is 200m with a very high-quality crown, and the lug width is a strap-change friendly 20mm. It’s literally the same watch beautifully covered by Stephen last year, but now in blue, and without the gilt accents.
Like the case, the dial of the Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight “Navy Blue” replica keeps the Black Bay’s form intact while allowing a new color to alter the feeling of those same elements. Where the first Black Bay Fifty-Eight (and the larger Black Bay models, for that matter) felt like a stylistic product of the late ‘50s or early ‘60s, the “Navy Blue” drags that same elemental diver layout into the early ‘70s visually. Gone is the heavy black dial and gilt text with their Sean Connery associations, replaced by a lighter and more fresh medium blue treatment. The end result still feels vintage, still definitely like a historic timepiece, but it’s more playful and more directly nautical than its predecessor. If the black dial Fifty-Eight is Sean Connery, the “Navy Blue” is Roger Moore – looser, more willing to crack a joke, but still more than capable of action should the need arise. Of course for those looking for an exact reinterpretation of the “Blue Snowflake” Submariner, there’s still the divisive mix of snowflake hands and round indices, but after so many years of the Black Bay this mismatched pairing has grown to become an icon of its own.
Like the black/gilt BB58, the Navy Blue is simply perfect on wrist. It sits low and flat and feels great on anything from rubber to a NATO, leather, or the offered bracelet. My loaner was delivered on a lovely silver-striped blue fabric strap that looks good and feels great. That said, this watch screams for either a NATO or an MN-style sewn elastic parachute strap. Not to worry, I have both for just such occasions.
Tudor powers the Black Bay Fifty-Eight “Navy Blue” replica with the manufacture Calibre MT5402 automatic movement. This COSC chronometer certified powerplant offers a handful of impressive technical innovations, including a variable inertia balance with a silicon balance spring. These come together to provide not just chronometer grade accuracy, but a 70 hour power reserve at a relatively high 28,800 bph beat rate.
While it’s far from an unexpected addition to the brand’s lineup, the Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight “Navy Blue” replica helps to extend one of its hottest lines in a new and undoubtedly popular direction. As an effective tribute to the “Blue Snowflake” Submariner, it offers enthusiasts a truly attractive alternative to breaking the bank on skyrocketing vintage prices. The Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight “Navy Blue” replica dealers at an MSRP of $3,375 on straps and $3,700 for models with the rivet bracelet.
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