Is The Tudor Black Bay 58 Blue Just Hype? | Black Bay 58 M79030B-0001

WatchGecko Review - The Tudor Black Bay 58 Blue M79030B-0001


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Another hit for the Swiss giants or just a watch to flex on Instagram?
Thanks to platforms such as Instagram and YouTube, hype around the world of watches grows daily. One day it might be about what watch the latest celebrity is wearing in a paparazzi image and the next everyone is sharing their predictions for upcoming models.

In recent months and years, hype has resulted in a tangible impact on the pricing and demand of certain models. Think Patek Philippe and the 5711, Rolex and basically any watch made from steel or even the gold Daytona we discussed recently. The popularity of Tudor has risen in tandem with the growth of its Black Bay range. It's no wonder then that when they released a much-requested navy blue version of the immensely popular Black Bay 58 in 2020, people went a little crazy over it.

But now the hype has died down a touch, and we’ve started to see the Black Bay Fifty Eight Navy Blue in AD’s windows (depending on where you are in the world), we wanted to ask the question - is this watch just all hype or is it actually as good as everyone makes it out to be? After all, it is simply just a new colour scheme, right?

Released in 2020, the Black Bay 58 Navy Blue is a product of the online-only watch launch. Rather than a grand celebration at a Baselworld type show, Tudor sent the model to its ADs around the world pre-launch.

A good idea on paper, until some ADs decided to post images of the watch before the agreed date meaning when it was time for the official announcement, everyone already knew what to expect. But this didn’t stop the hype from building and maintaining for the remaining months of the year.

The world has been waiting for a Navy Blue 58 ever since the first 58 iteration was released in 2018, but Tudor wanted to go a step further as they changed both the dial and the bezel to blue.

In recent history, the Black Bay Diver 41 (which is available in blue) just keeps the colour to the bezel and sticks with a black dial, however, look a little further back to the original blue Snowflake & Tudor Submariners and you’ll find matching blue bezels and dials. It makes a lot of sense then that it's within the realms of possibility then that a new Black Bay would follow the same lineage of the originals...

What is fascinating with the 58 Navy Blue is how thoroughly modern it not just looks, but feels in person. Yes, well verse watch aficionados will recognise the snowflake hand isn’t anything new, but thanks to the gilt less dial and bezel configuration in favour of bright silver gilded markings, the 58 Navy Blue has managed to strip back that ' vintage style’ to simply the hour hand and the remarkably subtle faux rivets on the bracelet.

Now the hour hand is out of context and stripped of surrounding influences, the strength in the hand design resonates a whole lot more when wearing the Blue. Unlike the sunburst blue seen on the 41mm Black Bay diver bezel, the blue on the 58 is a much softer one. It’s actually quite subdued in person. Don’t think you’ll be getting a rich, deep blue but rather a matt blue which is generously toned down.

Is it a good investment?
If you can buy a Tudor Black Bay 58 Navy Blue at retail then it will be a very solid investment. The watch hasn’t been released long enough to fully see if the watch will hold its value long term, however, within a year they’re still trading on the second-hand market for around the same price as you can buy them at retail.

That isn’t a terrible thing at all considering many watches are like brand new cars and can easily lose value as soon as it's on your wrist with your name on the papers.

Will it go up in value?
Again it is hard to say if the Tudor Black Bay 58 Navy Blue will go up in value as it has only been out for 1 year. The likelihood is that because this is a popular, very commercial product the 58 Blue won’t shoot up in value over time but will hold its value well. Apart from the new colour, the 58 Blue doesn’t really do anything different to the other 58 so it is likely to not become an immensely collectable watch in the future.