Editor’s note: There were some notable absences at Baselworld 2019. A new Milgauss from Rolex, a new Monaco from TAG Heuer; in fact, the only birthday that happened on schedule, apart from the barnstorming return of Doxa in time for its 130th, was the glorious profusion of Zenith El Primero models. But no missing model was quite as glaring to us as the absence of the Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight, a watch introduced in 2018 that chiselled back the slab sides of the original Black Bay by circa 20 per cent and revealed a shapely, infinitely more ergonomic body. Will we have to wait a full year for more versions? Just imagine for a moment … A BB Fifty-Eight GMT (the obvious one), a chrono … Will Tudor eschew the ‘one big drop’ mentality of years past and surprise us mid-year? Who knows, but in the meantime, let’s remind ourselves what Yannick Chan thought of his Fifty-Eight after a month on the wrist. Being a Tudor enthusiast (or, for lack of a better word, a bit of a fanboy), the Black Bay Fifty-Eight was the watch that really caught my eye amongst the new releases from Tudor at Baselworld 2018. Yes, like everyone…
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