2023 Tudor Black Bay Chrono Original Box & Papers
- Year
- 2023
- Movement
- Tudor Manufacture Calibre MT5813
The terms behind the watch.
- Authenticity guaranteedInspected in hand and checked against The Watch Register
- Fully insured overnight U.S. shippingSignature required
- 14-day returnsRequest within 14 calendar days of delivery, subject to conditions
- One-year limited mechanical warrantyEligible pre-owned watches; exclusions apply
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The details
Full description
Most chronographs in this price bracket lean on an off-the-shelf module bolted onto a base movement — capable, but a compromise. The Black Bay Chrono takes a different path entirely. Its engine is an integrated, in‑house‑grade column‑wheel chronograph developed through Tudor's partnership with Breitling, the kind of architecture you normally have to spend several times as much to own. That's the quiet flex here: a watch wearing tool‑watch clothes that's running genuinely serious mechanical hardware underneath.
On the wrist it threads a needle few watches manage. The Black Bay silhouette — domed crystal, riveted bracelet, that unmistakable snowflake hand — carries real diver-watch heritage, while the tachymeter bezel and crisp contrasting sub‑dials give it the purposeful look of a racing chronograph. The result reads as both vintage-inspired and unmistakably modern. Add COSC chronometer certification and 200 meters of water resistance — far beyond what most chronographs offer, since pushers are hard to seal — and you have a piece that's as comfortable in the water as it is timing a lap. It's a chronograph that doesn't ask you to choose between dressy, sporty, and tough.
Key Details
Case: Stainless steel, 41mm diameter, 14.4mm thick, brushed and polished finishing
Bezel: Fixed steel bezel with black anodized aluminum tachymeter scale insert
Crystal: Domed scratch‑resistant sapphire
Crown: Screw‑down crown
Dial: Black dial with contrasting sub‑dials, luminous "snowflake" hands and applied hour markers; date window at 6 o'clock; chronograph counters with running seconds and a 45‑minute totalizer
Movement: Tudor Manufacture Calibre MT5813 — automatic integrated column‑wheel chronograph with vertical clutch
Power reserve: 70 hours
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Certification: COSC‑certified chronometer Water resistance: 200 meters / 660 feet
Bracelet: Steel riveted bracelet with folding clasp and safety catch; 22mm lug width Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds, date, chronograph
