udor has established a long legacy of competing on the racetrack. Tudor supported winning teams during the golden era of motorsport, starting with the Tudor Watch Racing Team in the late ‘60s, all the way to the recent IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship. Now, in 2024, Tudor has returned to the grid once more, this time with Visa Cash App RB, a brand-new Formula 1^® team with fan-favourite drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda behind the wheel.

Formula One is widely considered one of the most tech-forward sports. This is the reason why the Black Bay Ceramic is strapped on the wrist of the Visa Cash App RB team. This model represents Tudor’s relentless pursuit of mechanical performance. Tested by the Federal Institute of Metrology or METAS, the Black Bay Ceramic is the epitome of watchmaking innovation and high-tech aesthetic language. Master Chronometer certification is one of the industry’s most demanding standards in terms of chronometry and resistance to magnetic fields. Its matt black ceramic elements and black Manufacture Calibre accentuate this model’s outstanding performance.

Now offered in a Visa Cash App RB livery, with a blue dial and matching strap stitching, the same configuration the team has been wearing this season, the Black Bay Ceramic “Blue” writes a new chapter in Tudor’s motorsport history.

The Manufacture Calibre MT5602-1U, which powers the Black Bay Ceramic illustrates the technical development process signature of Tudor, drawing on adaptable movement architecture capable of integrating new functions rather than resorting to additional modules. A minor detail for some, but a must for watchmaking purists.

Displaying hour, minute and second functions, it offers the general look and feel of Tudor Manufacture Calibres with dedicated sun laser design and bears the Master Chronometer mention on its bridges, emphasising its distinctive performance. Its rotor is fashioned in tungsten monobloc and is openworked. It also features the distinctive laser radial grooving with sand-blasted details. Its bridges and mainplate have alternate sand-blasted and polished surfaces and laser decorations.

The build of the Manufacture Calibre MT5602-1U is designed to ensure robustness and precision. To do this, the variable inertia balance wheel is maintained by a sturdy traversing bridge with two-point anchoring. It is certified as a chronometer by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC), with its performance going beyond the standards set by this independent institute. In fact, where COSC allows an average variation in the daily rate of an uncased movement of between -4 and +6 seconds and Tudor applies a 6-second (-2/+4) variation standard on its fully assembled watches, METAS requires a Master Chronometer certified watch to run within a tolerance range of 5 seconds (0/+5). Not only is the Manufacture Calibre MT5602-1U certified to be more accurate, it is also rated as anti-magnetic, making it impervious to magnetic fields below 15,000 gauss.

Another notable feature is that the power reserve of the Manufacture Calibre MT5602-1U is “weekend-proof”, about 70 hours. This enables the wearer to take the watch off on a Friday evening and put it back on again on Monday morning without having to reset it.

Aesthetically, the Tudor Black Bay Ceramic “Blue” combines contemporary, high-tech details with subtle references to its significant heritage. Its matt black monobloc ceramic case has sand-blasted surfaces with bevelled edges, mirror-polished for a striking contrast, and is finished with very pronounced lines. The insert of its rotatable bezel is also in black ceramic with a sunray satin finish. The engraved graduations in matching tones offer a complementary additional matt detail, which responds subtly to changes in light. Finally, a hybrid leather and rubber strap, black of course, with a “Snowflake” motif on the inside, blue stitching and a black PVD-coated stainless steel folding clasp, as well as a complimentary black fabric strap with blue band, completes the look of this model.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

REFERENCE 79210CNU

CASE
41mm matt black ceramic case with micro-blasted finish and monobloc middle case
Open case back in black-PVD-treated 316L steel with sapphire crystal

BEZEL
Unidirectional rotatable bezel in black-PVD-treated 316L steel with 60-minute graduated disc in black ceramic with sunray satin finish and engraved markings and numerals

WINDING CROWN
Screw-down winding crown in black-PVD-treated 316L steel, with the Tudor rose in relief and circular satin-brushed steel winding crown tube

DIAL
Blue, domed

CRYSTAL
Domed sapphire crystal

WATERPROOFNESS
Waterproof to 200m (660 ft)

BRACELET
Hybrid leather and rubber strap with exclusive stitching and folding clasp in black PVD-treated 316L steel
Complimentary black fabric strap with blue band and black PVD-treated 316L steel buckle

CALIBRE
Manufacture Calibre MT5602-1U
Self-winding mechanical movement with bidirectional rotor system

POWER RESERVE
70 hours certified by METAS

PRECISION
Swiss Chronometer officially certified by COSC (Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute)
Master Chronometer Certification from METAS

FUNCTIONS
Centre hour, minute and seconds hands
Stop-seconds for precise time setting

OSCILLATOR
Variable inertia balance, micro-adjustment by screw
Non-magnetic silicon balance spring
Frequency: 28,000 beats/hour (4 Hz)

TOTAL DIAMETER
31.8mm

THICKNESS
6.5mm

JEWELS
25 jewels