Tudor BB, or other suggestions.

[PLuKE]

Hi chaps,

I have been looking at a new watch purchase over the past few weeks, I have always liked the Tudor BB with the rich red bezel. Pretty new to the world of watches, with a very modest 2 watches!

My eye has been drawn to the Black Bay 36 also, but upon trying the watch on its looked to small, my wrist is 6.5” there abouts.

I didn’t try on the BB diver, but she looks a big watch.

The Aqua Terra 41.5 has been a firm favourite also!

Can a diver style watch look out of place with a shirt/jeans and shoes? More so with a smaller rounded wrist, I don’t want anything looking shouty!

My budget is around £2700, so any other watch suggestions welcome.

Thanks
Luke

[RAFF]

Hi Luke, welcome to the forum. It’s customary too give us pics of your watches when joining

I prefer the Tudor Pelagos myself. Its a little over your budget though, at around 3100.

Divers look great with t-shirt and jeans, as it’s a sports watch. Even though, only the dressiest watches don’t look good with jeans IMO.

Rich


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[scooby]

I would suggest a black bay on a bracelet
Then you can also enter the world of strap collecting
A strap can change the look completely
Great for dress down days on vintage leather or nato or rubber
for a more sporty look


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[Omegamanic]

A BB58 should be about perfect for your wrists, and they look fantastic to me too!

[SiSetts]

Hello and welcome.
With your budget you will not go wrong with a Black Bay Heritage. As above,buy it on the bracelet. Then you can swap straps if you wish.
A diver does not look out of place with shirt,jeans and shoes.

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[Jonesinamillion]

I have the BB heritage and simply love it, wears great either dressed up or dressed down (yet to try it on the nato).

Tried the red & blue on, the red is simply stunning but I didn't have the balls... I find the black much more versatile and may stand the test of time more as tastes change.



Other watches I considered / looked at were the Oris 65 (lots of variants to chose), Rado Captain Cook, Sinn 104, Longines heritage diver; all well under budget.

Bremont S301 / S501 (over budget)

Nice decision to have to make!!!

Edit - Although I chickened out & went for black, I still think thers enough subtle detailing with the red pip surround and gold accents to keep it interesting.

[Dandandanman]

Bremont s301 would come in under budget. I would go for a blue Seamaster 300

[marschv]

Don't buy it unless it's what you really want. That being said, I don't think there's another dive watch that ticks all of those boxes.

I'm not a big dive-watch guy. But every 20 years or so a dive watch comes out that I think is really cool. In the late 90's, it was the Omega Seamaster Professional 2531.80 -- the Pierce Brosnan era James Bond watch. The Black Bay 58 is IMHO the coolest dive watch since that Omega.

[PLuKE]

Thanks for your input.

I have loved the Black Bay with the red bezel since I saw it around 3 years ago, when I started taking note of watches.

My only issue is the size, I will head back to the jewellers over the weekend and try the watch on, I think the BB58 would be perfect, but there out of budget.

My weekday watch is a Hamilton Khaki 38mm, a a B&J black nato, and a Montblanc 4810 (wedding present)

The black bezel is lovely, more subtle, the red is more eye catching!

I need to get them on my wrist and go from there.


Thanks
Luke

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Thanks for your input.

I have loved the Black Bay with the red bezel since I saw it around 3 years ago, when I started taking note of watches.

My only issue is the size, I will head back to the jewellers over the weekend and try the watch on, I think the BB58 would be perfect, but there out of budget.

My weekday watch is a Hamilton Khaki 38mm, a a B&J black nato, and a Montblanc 4810 (wedding present)

The black bezel is lovely, more subtle, the red is more eye catching!

I need to get them on my wrist and go from there.


Thanks
Luke

[sweets]

Don't forget blue. The BB Blue is (for me) the best BB colour. It is not black, and by definition, therefore more interesting, but it is a nice understated dark blue. Subtle, not shouty.
Dave

[Jonesinamillion]

Don't forget blue. The BB Blue is (for me) the best BB colour. It is not black, and by definition, therefore more interesting, but it is a nice understated dark blue. Subtle, not shouty.
Dave

Green also?....

[Albellisimo]

Don't forget about vintage Omegas in that price range. I wear a Flightmaster '73 and it's a great daily wearer. Also the SHOM vintage and watchco rebuilds.