6 Months With The Tudor Black Bay Pro: Is It Still A Keeper? Real Life Review

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2022 is shaping up to be the year of the GMT given Rolex’s release of the GMT Master II Green Destro, the Seiko 5 SSK GMT, and of course the Tudor Black Bay Pro 79470. The Black Bay Pro piqued my interest when it was released and I knew I had to get it, and soon after wearing it I declared that it was going to be a keeper.

So I’ve now owned it for over 6 months and I wore it for a 32 day stretch which is something that has never happened before. So what was it about the BB Pro that made it a watch that broke wrist time records? And now that I've passed the honeymoon phase, is it still as alluring as it was at the start and can I now truly say that it has retained it's keeper status?

Those are the questions that will be answered in this video. I'll get into my loves, hates, and things I'd like to change about the BB Pro now that my thoughts about the watch have crystallized over 6 months. In the end, I couldn't be happier about the BB Pro

(some background) Watches And Wonders is back for 2022 and it has provided us with some great surprises from Tudor, Rolex, Grand Seiko, Oris, and many more brands from the Richemont Group and beyond. However, the release that caught my eye the most was the all new Tudor Black Bay Pro. Every year after the release of the 41mm Black Bay GMT, we've been hoping for a newer smaller GMT from Tudor, and given that this year is Tudor's 10th anniversary, we were thinking that surely 2022 is the year it'll happen. We were all expecting and hoping for a Black Bay 58 GMT, but instead we got the 39mm Black Bay Pro, which is heavily influenced by the Rolex Explorer II 1655 Freccione. This was not at all expected but I am excited about this release because it is right up my alley considering how much I love the original Rolex Explorer II

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TIME STAMPS:

The BB Pro After 6 Months - 00:00
Loves- The Insane Comfort - 01:43
Loves- The Modern Vintage Look - 04:13
The “Would Have Been Nice(s)” - 08:00
So Is It A Keeper? - 10:00


DIMENSIONS:

Case width: 39.1mm
Lug width: 20mm
Bracelet at clasp: 16mm
Bracelet taper: 4mm
Lug to lug: 47.7mm
Bezel width total: 39.5mm
Bezel width: 3.5mm
Dial width: 32.5mm
Case thickness: 14.6mm
Midcase thickness: 7.3mm
(Effective thickness: 6.5mm)
Bezel height: 2mm
Crown diameter: 7.5mm
Crown height: 3.8mm
Weight: with bracelet: 168 grams
Water resistance: 200m
Crystal: sapphire
Movement: MT5652
Power reserve: 70 hours


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