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  1. Raza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by watchdaddy1
    Well written & thought out Raza.
    Your enthusiasm shines right through the screen. I hope to 1 day acquire a BBB as I've been to Tourneau countless times & tried 1 on & absolutely love it from the hands to the case to that bracelet.
    I also feel ya on treatment @ an AD.It plays a big role whether you walk out w/ a watch or not.
    Thanks for sharing
    Thanks William! If you do get a chance to get a Black Bay, I highly recommend it. I'm partial to the blue, but obviously with any version you get the same high quality that's so impressive for the price.
  2. watchdaddy1's Avatar
    Well written & thought out Raza.
    Your enthusiasm shines right through the screen. I hope to 1 day acquire a BBB as I've been to Tourneau countless times & tried 1 on & absolutely love it from the hands to the case to that bracelet.
    I also feel ya on treatment @ an AD.It plays a big role whether you walk out w/ a watch or not.
    Thanks for sharing
  3. Raza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by tribe125
    It's taken me a while to read this (I'm not a blog reader as a rule), but it's a fine piece on a fine watch - and a nice account of the internal dialogue we have when considering watches.
    Thanks Alan!
  4. tribe125's Avatar
    It's taken me a while to read this (I'm not a blog reader as a rule), but it's a fine piece on a fine watch - and a nice account of the internal dialogue we have when considering watches.
  5. Raza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Teeritz
    Beautifully written! And I love it when somebody gets a watch that ticks a lot of boxes for them. The Black Bay is a modern classic. Congrats on a great watch!
    Thanks, T! I certainly agree with you on the Black Bay.
  6. Teeritz's Avatar
    Beautifully written! And I love it when somebody gets a watch that ticks a lot of boxes for them. The Black Bay is a modern classic. Congrats on a great watch!
  7. Raza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by iyonk
    I read your writing with smile..
    Great job and Congrats Raza!
    Thanks iyonk! I would order one of your straps for it, but I don't think it's ever coming off the bracelet!
  8. iyonk's Avatar
    I read your writing with smile..
    Great job and Congrats Raza!
  9. Raza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Samanator
    This was a great Sunday morning read with my breakfast and a cup of Joe. Great piece of writing.

    Tudor has a place in my watch box. I did have the Black Bay with the red bezel, but was lured by another Tudor. When the Blue dial Pelagos came out it solved my only issue with the Pelagos that it was too drab. Once I got this watch the first thing I noticed on a dark evening drive home with the top down on the car was that even with a minimal charge this thing had serious lume. It quickly was a best friend on my wrist with it's incredibly adjustable fit, lack of weight and balance. It shows that tudor can play where Rolex does not. This and a Submariner can exist in the same watch box and never tread on the others toes.

    I have a feeling the same could be said for the Ranger and North Flag. These could coexist with a Explorer and Explorer II or Air King quite well. Each has it's own personality and function. With the new movements they can even satisfy an in-house movement junkie like me.
    It's great to see such high praise for Tudor from someone with such a great collection, including Rolexes. Although, I'm thinking you and I have a bit of a different view of what's overlap in a collection! Although, I do have areas where I don't mind some overlap--like iconic or retro chronographs (which make up 50% of my collection).

    The lume is something else. Having had a Helson Shark Diver (actually, I might still have it, I'm not sure that was sold off yet) and a Sumo and currently and MM300, I didn't think the Tudor would be able to impress on the lume front. But I charged the Black Bay up under the same light source as my MM300 for the same amount of time and photographed the results:



    Black Bay on the right, in case you missed the distinctive snowflake hand. It looks pretty close to the MM300. I'd actually like to redo this photo with the new iPhone 7 camera, which is supposed to be quite good at low light photos. I want to see how close they look under that, because in usage, the Black Bay seems every bit as bright and legible in the dark as the MM300.
  10. Samanator's Avatar
    This was a great Sunday morning read with my breakfast and a cup of Joe. Great piece of writing.

    Tudor has a place in my watch box. I did have the Black Bay with the red bezel, but was lured by another Tudor. When the Blue dial Pelagos came out it solved my only issue with the Pelagos that it was too drab. Once I got this watch the first thing I noticed on a dark evening drive home with the top down on the car was that even with a minimal charge this thing had serious lume. It quickly was a best friend on my wrist with it's incredibly adjustable fit, lack of weight and balance. It shows that tudor can play where Rolex does not. This and a Submariner can exist in the same watch box and never tread on the others toes.

    I have a feeling the same could be said for the Ranger and North Flag. These could coexist with a Explorer and Explorer II or Air King quite well. Each has it's own personality and function. With the new movements they can even satisfy an in-house movement junkie like me.
  11. Raza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by gnuyork
    Nice write up. Your passion for the Black Bay is how I feel about my (2500 series) PO. To keep on topic, I do really like the look of the Black Bay, I even half tried one on briefly (pressed for time), it was the red one, but in photos I like the red, blue and the black all equally, maybe the black a touch more. Thanks, and keep posting photos!!
    Thanks!

    The 2500 PO is a classic in its own right, for sure. I'm a big fan, and would love to have one in my collection. If I ever do replace the MM300, the 42mm PO is on the list of possible replacements, as well as the Pelagos, Oris 65 42, Omega SMP, and Breitling SuperOcean 42. My brother has a first generation PO chrono, and he wears it pretty much everyday, despite also having some other nice watches, namely a Bvlgari Assioma and a Hamilton Ventura XXL (which I bought him!). The Hamilton does have a rubber strap and proprietary lugs, so there's no option for strap changes and it's not really office friendly, so I don't blame him for that one.

    Something about the black Black Bay that doesn't do it for me. It's perhaps the most vintage-y of them all, but it loses the playfulness of the red and the dial contrast of the blue.

    The Black Bay blue's greatest strength over the red is the everyday wearability. Black and blue generally don't stick out from the clothes I wear (my closet's color palette is pretty basic, lots of grays, blues, and blacks), and the white dial doesn't draw too much attention to itself the way the gilt dial does. In many ways, the Black Bay is a lot more like an Omega Aqua Terra than it is a lot of the divers that it gets compared to; once you put it on, you see that it's not really trying to play the same sport as watches like the PO and SuperOcean or even the TAG Aquaracer line. Oyster bracelet, thin case (something like 12.7mm thick, which may be my thinnest watch, and a little of that is the crystal; it's like 5-6mm thinner than a PO), reasonable case width (41mm) and length (49-50mm); it's meant to be worn everyday and can do so for many wrists around the size of mine or slightly larger or smaller.
  12. gnuyork's Avatar
    Nice write up. Your passion for the Black Bay is how I feel about my (2500 series) PO. To keep on topic, I do really like the look of the Black Bay, I even half tried one on briefly (pressed for time), it was the red one, but in photos I like the red, blue and the black all equally, maybe the black a touch more. Thanks, and keep posting photos!!
  13. Cybotron's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Raza
    Thank you! One of the reasons I acted so quickly was because of the new versions. The inhouse movement might be nice, but the new riveted bracelet is a little too heavy for the vintage vibe of the watch and the 41mm width makes the bracelet look very wide compared to the watch. That just made the decision that much easier to make; it was worth it to consolidate, which I had been meaning to do anyway, and frankly, I haven't missed any of the watches I've sold off, while not being able to stop wearing this one. Right decision, I gather.
    Yeah this version is so much better as I hate the riveted bracelet. I bet this version would be some what of a collectors item since it will be discontinued soon. Tudor really is on fire these days. It's too soon to speculate, but I heard from an AD, that different dial colors for the Black Bay could possibly be released at Basel next year. Could be interesting.
  14. Raza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Cybotron
    Nice work Raza. Great photos also. I almost bought the black bay several times. I probably should do it quick, as I like these better than the new Basel editions.
    Thank you! One of the reasons I acted so quickly was because of the new versions. The inhouse movement might be nice, but the new riveted bracelet is a little too heavy for the vintage vibe of the watch and the 41mm width makes the bracelet look very wide compared to the watch. That just made the decision that much easier to make; it was worth it to consolidate, which I had been meaning to do anyway, and frankly, I haven't missed any of the watches I've sold off, while not being able to stop wearing this one. Right decision, I gather.
  15. Raza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by CamB
    Great watch Raza and a fantastic read
    Thank you! It really is a lovely watch.
  16. Cybotron's Avatar
    Nice work Raza. Great photos also. I almost bought the black bay several times. I probably should do it quick, as I like these better than the new Basel editions.
  17. CamB's Avatar
    Great watch Raza and a fantastic read
  18. Raza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by wschofield3
    You have a way with words, Raza, and thank you for this very entertaining post. Just a man and his watch...the way it should be! I'll be sure to take a closer look at the BB as I'm thinking the Heritage Chronograph or the North Flag will be in my future watch box.
    Thanks Walter! I can't wait to get a Heritage Chronograph myself, so I can't blame you for wanting one.
  19. wschofield3's Avatar
    You have a way with words, Raza, and thank you for this very entertaining post. Just a man and his watch...the way it should be! I'll be sure to take a closer look at the BB as I'm thinking the Heritage Chronograph or the North Flag will be in my future watch box.
  20. wschofield3's Avatar
    Nothing against it, just that my wife is a super fan and all I see in the background is carnage and the lack of character development you mentioned, as they get whacked before you get to know them. I may give it a chance when the series is over....I do that quite often like with The Sopranos...watched the first couple of seasons and lost interest, went back after and marathoned it in two weekends. Same with Dexter and Breaking Bad.
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