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enghock0220 · 24 March 2018, 02:46 AM

Since the bezel is 39mm, does anyone know why they call it Black Bay fifty-eight and not Black Bay Thirty-Nine? Just like Black Bay 32mm bezel is call Black Bay 32, so to make things simple, why don't they name Black Bay 39mm bezel according to the size? Just curious

capote · 24 March 2018, 02:49 AM

(19)58?

TudorBeast · 24 March 2018, 04:00 AM

lhawli · 24 March 2018, 04:58 AM

If i'm not mistaken the original 7924 was 37mm and not 39!

Also, it had the rose, smiley and the silver bezel markers! Looks like the BBN ETA is truer to the original that the BB58!

https://www.tudorwatch.com/magazine/...s-1954-to-1968

linesiders · 24 March 2018, 05:21 AM

Case profile of the 58 is much closer to the 1958 Big Crown. Which was @ 38mm

lhawli · 24 March 2018, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by linesiders

Case profile of the 58 is much closer to the 1958 Big Crown. Which was @ 38mm

it was 37mm not 38mm nor 39mm like the new BB58!

see one post up :)

JohnMatrix · 24 March 2018, 05:52 AM

That original is a beauty.. i dont know why tudor put those ugly snowflake hands.... maybe because too many similarties between rolex?

Old Expat Beast · 24 March 2018, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnMatrix

That original is a beauty.. i dont know why tudor put those ugly snowflake hands.... maybe because too many similarties between rolex?

Hands are a 1960s design developed in conjunction with French navy divers to be more legible underwater than the dinky little mercedes hands, which were not designed for diving.

linesiders · 24 March 2018, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by lhawli

it was 37mm not 38mm nor 39mm like the new BB58!

see one post up :)

Are you really going to make me measure mine? Though it is a small crown 7922.

JohnMatrix · 24 March 2018, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Hands are a 1960s design developed in conjunction with French navy divers to be more legible underwater than the dinky little mercedes hands, which were not designed for diving.

And rolex? I think there dinky mercedes hands have worked just fine since subs intro in 1953.

Old Expat Beast · 24 March 2018, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnMatrix

And rolex? I think there dinky mercedes hands have worked just fine since subs intro in 1953.

But they have been used by Rolex since the 1930s and glow less bright than the snowflake hands. This is why the French navy divers recommended they be replaced.

PS: this is the third time this month you have been banned. Give it up.

CPRWATCH · 24 March 2018, 06:22 AM

Simple really , it's called 58 because that's how many months you will need to wait to se them in a AD

linesiders · 24 March 2018, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CPRWATCH

Simple really , it's called 58 because that's how many months you will need to wait to se them in a AD

24 March 2018, 02:46 AM	#1
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