Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. The new Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25 Inspired by Visa Cash App Formula 1
Bolder, lighter, stronger, thinner... Made for the track.
It’s no surprise that the Miami GP is becoming one of the two hottest moments of the Formula 1 season, almost closing the gap with the glamorous Monaco GP. And with this in mind, watch brands sponsoring teams are now using this date to release colourful special editions, mixing the daring colours of the city with racing inspirations. Tudor is now in its second year of partnership with Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team, which has already resulted in the Black Bay Ceramic Blue, coming next to the Black Bay Chrono Pink and Flamingo Blue in the “Daring Watches” collection. For the 2025 season, there’s a new F1-inspired watch – a more fitting chronograph – with the Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25.
Let’s talk about the obvious. We’re looking at a new edition of the Black Bay Chrono, inspired by the Visa Cash App F1 team and made of carbon fibre. That’s only a part of the story as this Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25 comes with a few surprises, such as a slightly redesigned case that remains 42mm in diameter but now sits a bit thinner than the steel models at 14.3mm – OK, we’re talking about a fraction of a millimeter, as the steel models are rated at 14.4mm. The case is made almost entirely of carbon fibre, including the end links and the fixed bezel with a tachymeter scale. The pushers are PVD-coated titanium, same for the engraved caseback, and the crown is PVD-coated steel, both screwed to retain the 200m water-resistance. The top is protected by a domed sapphire crystal.
The dial of this Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25 is inspired by the 2025 season livery on the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team cars. It’s a bold combination of colours offered by Tudor, as the white opaline dial is fitted with blue accents on the logos and seconds track. The recessed sub-counters are also carbon fibre, the date disc is colour-matched in black, and the depth rating is red. The hands and markers, all classically designed, including the snowflake hands, are rendered with a black outline and filled with white Super-LumiNova. And there’s the unique touch with a so-called racing scale on the periphery. Not the most streamlined edition of the Black Bay Chrono, but a daring one for sure.
Completing the racing vibe, the watch is worn on a hybrid leather-rubber strap with blue stitching, a tyre pattern and closed by a pin buckle. Inside the case, no surprise, as the Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25 retains the calibre MT5813, based on the architecture of the Breitling B01. This automatic COSC-certified chronograph is equipped with a column wheel, runs at 4Hz and stores about 70 hours of power reserve. Exclusive to Tudor, it comes with a silicon balance spring, next to a variable inertia balance. Tudor applies a -2/+4 seconds’ variation standard on the assembled watch.
Contrary to most watches by Tudor, this new Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25 reference 79377KN is a limited edition, individually numbered on the back. Only 2,025 examples will be produced, priced at EUR 7,400, USD 7,575 or CHF 6,800 (incl. taxes). More details at www.tudorwatch.com.
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Fantastic looking watch, super cool
The VISA cash app connection completely kills the vibe.
Great looking watch and materials that you won’t be able to buy. Nice way to piss off customers.
$ 7,575.00 for TURDor by KENISSI outhouse? That’s “Chris Wart Loco” !
@Needs Must – are you planning to do the same joke in every single article we write about Tudor? Too bad here that the movement is not even made by Kenissi… And maybe you should take a look at two things: one, we never write that the movements are made in-house by Tudor. That being said, the Tudor and Kenissi buildings in Le Locle, Switzerland, are litterally touching each other. One is located at Rue de France 63, the other one at Rue de France 65… And connected by a corridor. Also, Kenissi was created by Rolex and then some new shareholders came into the capital.
So yes, don’t call it in-house, maybe call it next-house movement. Even Tudor doesn’t claim “in-house” even though the Rolex Group (so Tudor) owns about 50% of the company. Maybe you don’t like the brand, for all the reasons that feels justified to you (I’m no here to debate this), but probably you should read a bit deeper into the whole history of the creation of these movements and Kenissi.
Brice, Rolex doesn’t run on KENISSI, does it? So no, Rolex did not create KENISSI; Tudor did under the H. W. Foundation’s mandate due to the ETA cut off by Swatch Group. Then Tudor decided to cut costs and took on Chanel and Chanel’s Bell/Ross and Breitling as partners, who started calling it in-house/manufacture and, while doing so, started selling KENISSIs to other brands (e.g., TAG, Fortis) who did likewise. The “roof/corridor” argument won’t work due to multi-owner/wide distribution decisions KENISSI is as in-house as SELLITA outhouse. Breitling (Kern) had the balls to stick a cheap 38 hr Sellita in Superocean and sell it for 6k; that’s criminal. Write about that and spread awareness. Richemont’s IWC/VC56/Piaget/Cartier by Val Fleurier (Kenissi 2.0) bait-n-switch is another topic you can take on to maintain journalistic integrity.
Guess who made Tudor’s movement? Not Breitling. It’s KENISSI outhouse whom TUDOR/Breitling co-own and bait-n-switch w Chanel/Bell&Ross – one can’t make this outhouse s##t up!