Tudor Black Bay Type 54: Luxury Diving Watch

The design inspiration of the new work comes from Tudor's first diving watch: Oyster Prince Submariner, official model 7922. This historical work is equipped with a self-winding movement, with a waterproof rating of 100 meters, and is in the first echelon of diving watches in the same period. Different from the number 41 in the name of "Biwan Type 41", which refers to the diameter, the Biwan Type 54 refers to the release year of Ref.7922: 1954. It maintains the same 37 mm diameter as the historical model, which is unique today when mainstream diving watches generally use a diameter of 40 mm or even larger. Tocowatch is top replica watch site that sells top copy watches. We select high quality replica TAG Heuer Monaco watches for men and women.

Although the appearance has a high degree of overlap, the biggest difference between Tudor watches and Rolex comes from the movement. We know that Rolex watches mostly use original self-developed movements, while Tudor watches have long used outsourced movements. History Tudor Ref.7922 is equipped with Cal.390 movement, which is an improved version of FEF 380 manual movement. On this basis, an automatic winding structure is added, and it is specially made by FEF (Fleurier Ebauche Factory) for Tudor.

Before 2015, most of the movements of Tudor watches were provided by ETA. It was not until the appearance of MT (Manufacture TUDOR) original movements that the brand accelerated the layout of self-produced movements. The original movement model of Black Bay 54 is MT5400. As the basic model of the series, it provides hour, minute and second display without calendar and other functions. The highlights of the MT original movement are the 70-hour long dynamic storage, silicon hairspring, and COSC certification, even the basic model is no exception.

The prototype model of Biwan 54, Ref. 7922, is very similar to Rolex’s first Submariner, and uses the “Mercedes-Benz needle”. In order to further form a differentiation, but also to strengthen the brand characteristics, Tudor launched a new pointer shape in 1969. This snowflake-like pointer has a larger luminous area, and the angular appearance is full of sportiness. Now it has become one of the most recognizable designs of Tudor watches. The unidirectional rotating outer ring is made of anodized aluminum. As a series inspired by the brand's first diving watch, the anodized aluminum bezel can better reflect the essence. Although the gloss and wear resistance of this material are not as good as ceramic rings, the characteristics of impact resistance and non-fragmentation are also not available in ceramics. From this point of view, the two materials can be said to have their own advantages and disadvantages.