Tudor Black Bay Two-Tone 39

For the better part of a decade, Tudor has been doing a fantastic job with their contemporary offerings. Watches such as the Black Bay, Heritage Chronograph and Pelagos collections have been flying off the shelves for their impressive looks, sporty construction and aggressive price points.  Focusing on Tudor’s Black Bay collection for a moment, one can easily overlook their time-only offerings considering the brand makes a damn good dive watch and travel watch with the Black Bay 58 and the Black Bay Pro, respectively. The Black Bay 39 however, was (and still is) a handsome wristwatch. With its almost-perfect proportions, vintage ‘snowflake’ hands and a minimal, elegant design, the BB39 offers up an incredible value proposition for those looking to acquire an everyday, three-hand sports watch.  This particular Tudor Black Bay 39, a Reference M 79663, features a 39mm two-tone stainless steel and yellow gold case with a polished fixed bezel, a signed screwdown crown, a sapphire crystal and a silver dial that sports luminous applied indices, a matching ‘snowflake’ handset and black text.  Housed with Tudor’s self-winding COSC Certified Calibre  MT5602, it comes fitted on a multi-link two tone bracelet with a signed locking clasp. Don’t let its refined look fool you either — this BB39 boasts 100 meters of water resistance — more than enough for any casual swim. In virtually unworn condition, this piece is a GADA watch if we’ve ever seen one!