Tudor chronographs have spent the last 50 years evolving from the Oysterdate (referencing the waterproof case) to its eventual conclusion: a daring dive-inspired yet sporty Black Bay chronograph which keeps to its tradition of 45 minute counters
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It’s a common adage that ?Everything that?s old is new again?. Indeed, a product of the “Seventies”, Tudor missed that era of “serious” chronographs from the mid 1950s to late 1960s which saw the introduction of crucial chronograph watches like the Reference 6234, predecessor to the Cosmograph Daytona, the Speedmaster, the Navitimer, the Carrera and the Monaco and instead hit its stride with an undeniably 70s aesthetic of bold, almost psychedelic colourways, novel design elements (which gave birth to unique monikers like “homeplate”) and graphic lines. If there ever was to be a more memorable chronograph emblematic of the Roaring Seventies, it would be hard to look beyond Tudor.
Indeed, launching its the first Tudor Oysterdate in 1970 with distinctive “home plate” hour markers reminiscent of American baseball homeplates, Tudor chronographs have enjoyed a 50 year evolution at the fore of some of human history’s most enduring fashion trends. Trends which incidentally, are all the rage today in the 21st century – a te...