TudorBlack Bay GMT

In March 2018 at Baselworld, Tudor announced the Black Bay GMT, a handsome, stainless steel, travel watch based on the format established by their Black Bay dive watches, while offering true GMT functionality too. Following the Pepsi-coloured bezel established by Rolex, the Black Bay GMT is a rather innovative path for Tudor, but one that is recognisable both for its general Black Bay roots and for its aesthetic and functional similarities to one of the all-time great travel watches, the Rolex GMT-Master II.

Unlike much of the rest of the Black Bay line, the GMT does not pull from any historical Tudor reference. Where it does pull inspiration is the iconic Rolex GMT-Master and Master II. Rolex, of course, is Tudor’s older brother, but Tudor (in its modern incarnation) has charted a separate path from Rolex, with a real focus on honing in on a distinct Tudor design language.

What you get with the Black Bay GMT, the GMT-Master II, and a handful of other watches on the market is what people generally refer to when they call something ‘a true GMT’. Here, the watch is equipped with a jumping local-hour hand, which is exactly what it sounds like—via the crown, you can jump the hour hand forward or backward (and bring the date with you should you cross midnight) to set your watch to the new local time after you’ve crossed timezones. The 24-hour hand remains linked to home time or any other timezone you’d like to track.

To get that functionality, Tudor developed the MT5652 caliber, which makes its debut here. It comes equipped with a silicon balance spring, 70 hours of power reserve, and it’s COSC-certified. Altogether, the movement is what you would expect from a Tudor not using an ETA-based caliber, and as far as in-house value goes, it’s superb.

Couple that with a 41mm case, an impressive 200m water resistance and a robust 20mm bracelet and you have one seriously cool travel companion.

This is an pristine, fully stickered example, as supplied new by Tudor with a full presentation box set, with all accessories and papers.

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