So, why navy blue? Or extra particularly, why blue for the bezel and the dial, when so many previous Black Bay fashions have solely proven coloration on their bezels? For that, you’ll be able to thank the French Navy, aka the Marine Nationale. So prolific was the Marine Nationale’s choice for utilizing Tudor Subs as issued watches that a whole vary of the model’s iconic “Snowflake” Submariner is often known as the “MN.” Whereas MN Tudors got here in each black and blue, Tudor picked the blue variant as inspiration for this 2020 mannequin, and that’s the reason we see a blue dial and bezel for the brand new 79030B.
