David Beckham Is Already Rocking Tudor’s Brand-New Watch

WatchesThe classic Black Bay Chronograph is now available in an outrageous colorway.By Oren HartovJanuary 18, 2025Photographs: Getty Images, Tudor; Collage: Gabe ConteSave this storySaveSave this storySaveOn Friday morning, Tudor announced a brand new watch, continuing its trend of colorful Black Bay Chronographs. However, the watch was strategically leaked a day earlier by David Beckham. While promoting IM8, his new line of nutritional supplements, Beckham wore Tudor’s latest release, a Black Bay Chronograph with what the brand is calling a “Flamingo Blue” dial.Instagram contentThis content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.Until this week, “Flamingo Blue” may have only existed inside the imagination of someone like C.S. Lewis. But the new dial is meant to evoke “the very tone of turquoise that is so distinctive of the tropical waters flamingos are known to love,” according to a press release. (Fittingly, last year, Tudor released a Black Bay in a shade more typically associated with the flamingo: pink. Beckham teased that one, too.) Perhaps more to the point than special flamingo water is that the watch delivers “the classic South Beach vibe,” according to Tudor. That’s not incorrect. If I were fumbling my way back to 1 Hotel South Beach after a late-night bender in a Hawaiian shirt with too much chest hair showing, this is the watch I want on my wrist.And this is not to throw shade. On the contrary, this watch is excellent. Until 2020, neither Tudor nor big sister brand Rolex would ever have made something like this as part of its modern production. Now, however, both the Crown and the Shield seem much more comfortable venturing beyond their strictly utilitarian tool watch roots into territory slightly more fun. And despite its confectionary looks, the Black Bay Chrono is still very much a hard-wearing tool. Housed in a 41mm stainless steel case with screw-down pushers, a screw-down crown, and 200 meters of water resistance, it’s powered by a Chronometer-certified automatic movement and comes paired to a five-link bracelet with the brand’s genius “T-fit” rapid-adjustment clasp. Make no mistake, this is a forever watch, the sort of thing your grandkid inherits after they’ve buried you in South Beach in your Hawaiian shirt. At $5,875, relatively high-end for the Tudor catalog, you shouldn’t expect much less.)The new “Flamingo Blue” isn’t Tudor’s first foray into adventurous dial colors, either. There’s the aforementioned Black Bay Chrono “Pink” from last March that signaled Tudor’s new partnership with Beckham’s Inter Miami. Heck, Tudor’s got enough eye-watering horological candy these days that it’s dedicated a new section of its website to such pieces, dubbing it “Daring Watches.” Thankfully, much in the way that one can buy both Rolex’s “Celebration Dial” Oyster Perpetual as well as one with a more staid solid-black dial, the same is true for the Black Bay Chrono, which now comes in black, opaline, two types of two-tone, blue, pink, and turquoise. Heck, if your last name is Beckham, you’ve probably got one of each!Tudor isn’t just continuing the trend of lively colorful watches, either. The brand is using Beckham much in the same way Omega uses Daniel Craig to show off its unreleased watches. Brands like Tudor and Omega figure that the best way to generate buzz for its most highly anticipated pieces is to make them look really great on the wrist of a handsome celebrity. If you’re looking to find new releases from these brands, celebrity wrists are becoming the best places to look.The Joe Rogan ExperienceMark Zuckerberg’s F.P. Journe FFCThe Meta man’s reign of horological terror continues apace with the sighting of an ultra-rare F.P. Journe. Appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast recently, Mark Zuckerberg wore the FFC, a wild platinum (or gold) timepiece that indicates the time using a human hand rendered in titanium with instantaneously jumping digital…digits. (See here for a rendering of the pun in video form.) The FFC in the watch’s title stands for…legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, who gave the idea to watchmaker François-Paul Journe. The two met after Coppola invited the watchmaker to his winery after receiving a Chronomètre à Résonance as a gift from his wife and taking an interest in the brand. If you can track one of these down—which you can’t—it should cost you well over a milly.James D. Morgan/Getty ImagesAryna Sabalenka’s Audemars Piguet Mini Royal Oak(s)Aryna Sabalenka knows that the best watches now come in pairs, whether they’re two Royal Oaks or two mini Cartier Tanks. Spotted on Sabalenka’s wrist at a press conference following her Australian Open win was a pair of the relatively new Mini Royal Oak watches in pink and white gold worn as a stack. Given their teensy 23 mm case diameter, this is proving to be the correct wearing methodology. (Serena Williams also wore them this way.) Powered by the Calibre 2730 quartz movement, the Mini features a “frosted” finish with a ton

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David Beckham Is Already Rocking Tudor’s Brand-New Watch
The classic Black Bay Chronograph is now available in an outrageous colorway.
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Photographs: Getty Images, Tudor; Collage: Gabe Conte

On Friday morning, Tudor announced a brand new watch, continuing its trend of colorful Black Bay Chronographs. However, the watch was strategically leaked a day earlier by David Beckham. While promoting IM8, his new line of nutritional supplements, Beckham wore Tudor’s latest release, a Black Bay Chronograph with what the brand is calling a “Flamingo Blue” dial.

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Until this week, “Flamingo Blue” may have only existed inside the imagination of someone like C.S. Lewis. But the new dial is meant to evoke “the very tone of turquoise that is so distinctive of the tropical waters flamingos are known to love,” according to a press release. (Fittingly, last year, Tudor released a Black Bay in a shade more typically associated with the flamingo: pink. Beckham teased that one, too.) Perhaps more to the point than special flamingo water is that the watch delivers “the classic South Beach vibe,” according to Tudor. That’s not incorrect. If I were fumbling my way back to 1 Hotel South Beach after a late-night bender in a Hawaiian shirt with too much chest hair showing, this is the watch I want on my wrist.

And this is not to throw shade. On the contrary, this watch is excellent. Until 2020, neither Tudor nor big sister brand Rolex would ever have made something like this as part of its modern production. Now, however, both the Crown and the Shield seem much more comfortable venturing beyond their strictly utilitarian tool watch roots into territory slightly more fun. And despite its confectionary looks, the Black Bay Chrono is still very much a hard-wearing tool. Housed in a 41mm stainless steel case with screw-down pushers, a screw-down crown, and 200 meters of water resistance, it’s powered by a Chronometer-certified automatic movement and comes paired to a five-link bracelet with the brand’s genius “T-fit” rapid-adjustment clasp. Make no mistake, this is a forever watch, the sort of thing your grandkid inherits after they’ve buried you in South Beach in your Hawaiian shirt. At $5,875, relatively high-end for the Tudor catalog, you shouldn’t expect much less.)

The new “Flamingo Blue” isn’t Tudor’s first foray into adventurous dial colors, either. There’s the aforementioned Black Bay Chrono “Pink” from last March that signaled Tudor’s new partnership with Beckham’s Inter Miami. Heck, Tudor’s got enough eye-watering horological candy these days that it’s dedicated a new section of its website to such pieces, dubbing it “Daring Watches.” Thankfully, much in the way that one can buy both Rolex’s “Celebration Dial” Oyster Perpetual as well as one with a more staid solid-black dial, the same is true for the Black Bay Chrono, which now comes in black, opaline, two types of two-tone, blue, pink, and turquoise. Heck, if your last name is Beckham, you’ve probably got one of each!

Tudor isn’t just continuing the trend of lively colorful watches, either. The brand is using Beckham much in the same way Omega uses Daniel Craig to show off its unreleased watches. Brands like Tudor and Omega figure that the best way to generate buzz for its most highly anticipated pieces is to make them look really great on the wrist of a handsome celebrity. If you’re looking to find new releases from these brands, celebrity wrists are becoming the best places to look.

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The Joe Rogan Experience
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Mark Zuckerberg’s F.P. Journe FFC

The Meta man’s reign of horological terror continues apace with the sighting of an ultra-rare F.P. Journe. Appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast recently, Mark Zuckerberg wore the FFC, a wild platinum (or gold) timepiece that indicates the time using a human hand rendered in titanium with instantaneously jumping digital…digits. (See here for a rendering of the pun in video form.) The FFC in the watch’s title stands for…legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, who gave the idea to watchmaker François-Paul Journe. The two met after Coppola invited the watchmaker to his winery after receiving a Chronomètre à Résonance as a gift from his wife and taking an interest in the brand. If you can track one of these down—which you can’t—it should cost you well over a milly.

Tennis star Aryna Sabalenka takes part in the Hilton Melbourne Rooftop Pickleball Event
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Aryna Sabalenka’s Audemars Piguet Mini Royal Oak(s)

Aryna Sabalenka knows that the best watches now come in pairs, whether they’re two Royal Oaks or two mini Cartier Tanks. Spotted on Sabalenka’s wrist at a press conference following her Australian Open win was a pair of the relatively new Mini Royal Oak watches in pink and white gold worn as a stack. Given their teensy 23 mm case diameter, this is proving to be the correct wearing methodology. (Serena Williams also wore them this way.) Powered by the Calibre 2730 quartz movement, the Mini features a “frosted” finish with a tone-on-tone Petite Tapisserie dial and applied indices. The finishing and overall vibe is available on larger references as well, such as the stunning 37mm Frosted Gold Selfwinding.

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Quavo’s Rolex Day-Date ref. 228206

Few things excite a collector these days quite so much as a “Middle Eastern” dial—aka one that uses Eastern Arabic or Indo-Arabic numerals. Quavo knows what’s up, wearing a Day-Date ref. 228206 in platinum to the Suns-Hawks game this week. A special model for the Middle Eastern market, this 40mm Day-Date with a matching “Presidential” bracelet features an ice-blue dial with applied Eastern Arabic numerals, a day readout in Arabic and a date window in Eastern Arabic script. Powered by the automatic Rolex cal. 3255 movement, it’s rare enough—and platinum enough—to fetch roughly 100 Gs on the secondary market. (It’s also available in olive, should you wanna collect ‘em all like Tom Brady.)

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Novak Djokovic’s Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic

Not many athletes get to strap on a watch of their own design after winning something like a first-round singles match in the Australian Open, but such is the charmed life of Novak Djokovic. The Big Bang Unico that carries his name is a genuinely dope object: Its translucent blue case is actually produced from a composite containing pieces of HEAD rackets and Lacoste polos used during the 2023 season, while lime-green accents on the dial and crown reference tennis balls. Weighing just 49.5 grams, it’s got a Gorilla Glass crystal and aluminum rather than brass movement plates meant to keep its weight to a minimum. If you’ve got a spare $52,700, who knows—it might improve your game!

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