I had a great time doing the ZF Tudor Pelagos Blue review so have decided to do another short review on this Tudor beauty again by ZF.
I've ordered this from my TD and received it several days ago again from ZF, the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze in its latest iteration v2.0. According to my TD, this fine example was replicated using a genuine Black Bay Bronze so it is definitely an improvement over the previous versions released by both ZF or KW/v6.
The initial release was exhibits an reddish bronze tone found commonly in the likes of the PAM 382 Bronzo which is incorrect. In the gen, Tudor used an alloy of aluminum and bronze for this watch which gives it a more yellow gold-ish tone and is supposedly more resistant to patina.
The watch came bundled with both the brown distressed leather strap and the dull yellowish-green nato strap. Had the opportunity to compare the leather strap with a gen and its almost 90-95% spot on but as we all know distress leather hides the colour tones are rather hard to match but is good enough for me. The hardware found on both the leather strap and nato is also of the same yellow-gold tone but the later in sandblasted finish as per gen.
Now on with the pictures:
Crisp engraving of the Tudor rose insignia on the Crown
Caseback, Strap & Buckles
Lume & Wristshot:
I also had a brief chance to compare it with a genuine example but did not managed to capture many shots
Comparing with the gen even for a brief while, this v2 by ZF is definitely leaps and bounds over the initial releases by any makers. To me its a very well made product that is almost on par with the gen, ZF definitely spared no effort in getting the alu-bronze colours spot on.
Cheers & Hoped you enjoyed this short review!
Ash