Tudor
Heritage Black Bay Blue
79220B
The original blue-bezel Black Bay — a short-lived chapter in Tudor's dive revival.
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Overview
The Tudor Heritage Black Bay Blue, reference 79220B, is a 41 mm stainless steel diver produced between 2014 and 2016 as part of Tudor's celebrated Black Bay line. It distinguished itself within the family through its striking blue bezel insert, set against a black dial — a combination that drew immediate attention from collectors. The reference represents an early and relatively brief expression of the Heritage Black Bay, lending it a particular appeal among those who follow the line's evolution.
History
Tudor relaunched the Black Bay line in the early 2010s as a deliberate homage to its own mid-twentieth-century diving heritage, drawing on design cues from vintage Tudor Submariner references. The 79220B arrived as the blue-bezel variant of this revival, joining a small family of references that explored different colour executions on the same core platform. Its production window of roughly two years makes it one of the shorter-lived references in the early Black Bay catalogue. Collectors regard it as a transitional piece that predates Tudor's move to in-house movements, powered here by the reliable ETA-based Calibre 2824.
Notable points
- 41 mm stainless steel case follows the snowflake-hand aesthetic rooted in Tudor's vintage dive watch lineage.
- Blue aluminium bezel insert paired with a black dial creates a high-contrast combination uncommon in the early Black Bay range.
- Powered by the ETA-based Tudor Calibre 2824, reflecting the brand's movement sourcing strategy before the introduction of its in-house MT5601.
- A production span of approximately two years (2014–2016) makes the 79220B among the shorter-lived references in the Heritage Black Bay family.
- Sits at the intersection of Tudor's heritage revival and its pre-manufacture era, giving it a distinct place in the Black Bay chronology.
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