DR. YES

There is no question that one of the most famous Submariners ever seen on-screen was the ref. 6538 worn by Sean Connery in Dr. No, it costs almost six figures at auction but now, Tudor's new Black Bay 54 allows you to scratch the itch

- JONATHAN HO

IN 1954, TUDOR INTRODUCED the brand’s first divers’ watch, the Oyster Prince Submariner reference 7922. In 2012, a homage to that legacy was introduced with the re-designed Black Bay, a rendition of the original steel dive watch whose appealing design and price point, a key feature endowed by Hans Wilsdorf himself, as a “value proposition for watch enthusiasts”, has seen its modern revival go from 41mm proportions to 39 and for 2023, 37.

Smaller and thinner yet packed full of everything you want from a Black Bay, the Black Bay 54 with a newly proportioned 37 mm is nearly identical to its larger sibling but its reduced size makes it more wearable. More importantly, it recalls the boyhood wonder at watching a suave Sean Connery grace the silver screen as the world’s first secret agent.