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New Tudor Black Bay 58 in Blue!

stufuse

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It does look great. I’m gonna book in to try on at the AD, then make up my mind.


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chubbychaser911

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A lot of people have been put off by the date problem on the gmt it seems.


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Yeah the date problem is very widespread. Some have reported on a non-scientific basis that it is as much as 50%. Guy was in a facebook group or something and asked every member and 50% had to return their watch for service on the date change.

Secondly, I think the fact that it's 14mm tall is finally bothering consumers.

The BB58 is adequately thin and hits a lot of sweet spot notes.
 

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I think it looks great, but maybe I still prefer the orignal Black Bay 58.

That said, anybody think we will get a new rep for it soon? The ZF BB58 was released almost 1.5 years ago.
 

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Am I the one who loves this watch, but why they dont do a date option????! Tudor, pls, do it! :D
 

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Wow! It's beautiful. In another comparison it looked so dark (against the pelagos) but I really love the color.

I grew fond of non-date watches lately. partly because of decreasing eyesight and because of too little room in the watch winder.
And of course it looks so much cleaner.
 

stufuse

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AD chasing me to go in today....ummm


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Thrasher

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Never did I imagine I would be tempted to buy a Tudor REP or GEN entirely based on what I consider and ugly hour hand. But this Blue is So nice, really the nicest shade of Blue I have ever seen on a watch, That coupled with the SS and white......Well I'm for sure getting the Rep. the only drawback for me is the 39mm as I have a Large wrist.
 

stufuse

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Never did I imagine I would be tempted to buy a Tudor REP or GEN entirely based on what I consider and ugly hour hand. But this Blue is So nice, really the nicest shade of Blue I have ever seen on a watch, That coupled with the SS and white......Well I'm for sure getting the Rep. the only drawback for me is the 39mm as I have a Large wrist.

The hour hand was an issue for me but I’ve grown to like it.


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Never did I imagine I would be tempted to buy a Tudor REP or GEN entirely based on what I consider and ugly hour hand. But this Blue is So nice, really the nicest shade of Blue I have ever seen on a watch, That coupled with the SS and white......Well I'm for sure getting the Rep. the only drawback for me is the 39mm as I have a Large wrist.

It wears like 40
 
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Never did I imagine I would be tempted to buy a Tudor REP or GEN entirely based on what I consider and ugly hour hand. But this Blue is So nice, really the nicest shade of Blue I have ever seen on a watch, That coupled with the SS and white......Well I'm for sure getting the Rep. the only drawback for me is the 39mm as I have a Large wrist.

I have 8.8 inch wrist on a warm day. It depends what you are coming from. Agains a 47mm PAM it feel small but I have tried on the GEN BB58 black and find it to fit just right.
 
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stufuse

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I have 8.8 inch wrist on a warm day. It depends what you are coming from. Agains a 47mm PAM it feel small but I have tried on the GEN BB58 black and find it to fit just right.

The lugs appear a little longer then a ceramic sub.

[mention]Thrasher [/mention] if you wear a 5digit Rolex, (which you do a few of) as I did, you can wear a BB58 and not worry about the size. It just sits a bit closer to The skin.


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TheController

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I bet the first version will not take this into account and after 'standard' BB58 I have serious doubts if they will be able to replicate that blue dial accurately

These are my concerns, but if there is enough demand for these models I guess they (or at least I hope) that they are going to stay behind the correct bracelet color & the fitting blue of the dial/bezel. However I think that these details could be more of a challenge than people would expect due to the fact they the base is 1:1 the BB58 black but then again the difference in color is the most and highest distinguishing factor. Lets see what the factories come up with but as you said I wont think it will be until at least v3 that it will look decent haha.
 

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These are my concerns, but if there is enough demand for these models I guess they (or at least I hope) that they are going to stay behind the correct bracelet color & the fitting blue of the dial/bezel. However I think that these details could be more of a challenge than people would expect due to the fact they the base is 1:1 the BB58 black but then again the difference in color is the most and highest distinguishing factor. Lets see what the factories come up with but as you said I wont think it will be until at least v3 that it will look decent haha.

In a year or two you can just buy the genuine at Jomashop for $2700 if these issues of color and tone are not resolved by the factories.
 
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Thrasher

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Look at these guys, Paid $3700 or less from their AD and flipping for a profit....Come to think of it...LOL
 

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While awaiting for the Blue 58 to get repped I ordered this Blue 41mm ( and Red 41mm )
Buddy of mine received his GEN yr.day. Looked very nice. I will try to get some pics later.

I never liked these but the Blue has really caught my eye now and $288 thats a crazy great price. With A2824 which is so easy to service or replace with swiss 2824 makes this a long term winner.