Not the most exciting incoming...

[FirstF80InSpace]

Greetings humans.

Just picked this up yesterday. Not the most exciting incoming we see but I'm quite happy with it.

It all started with me wanting a tough chronograph that can take a beating. I previously had a FOIS, but didn't like the manual wind, and never really bonded with the dial. I sold it. I then had a JLC Chronograph, but found that the watch seemed a bit to fragile. I sold that one too.

So I started research tougher chronos and narrowed my selection to either the Speedmaster 57 or Tudor BB Chrono. I didn't want the regular Speedmaster given the manual wind movement. And I love the vintage tacyhmetre look. Both are great watches but I finally settled on the Tudor for the following reasons.

1) Price. Tudor is half the price of the SP57. Can't argue with that!

2) Case thickness. Both watches are thick, but the Tudor comes in about 1.5mm thinner than the SP57. Every little bit counts on my skinny wrists.

3) I've never owned a Tudor before, while I've owned several Omega's. The change of scenery was nice.

4) This watch is polarizing. Going through the forums, there's an equal number of people that hate this watch as much as those who love it. This appeals to me. I like the idea of owning a controversial piece.

5) Finally, the BB Chrono is an easy watch to get and I was able to score a decent discount at my AD as well.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with this piece. Will it be a forever watch? Not sure at this point. But it does check all the boxes I was looking for in a beater chrono. My only criticism of the watch is a lack of an Easylink type bracelet adjustment, and the 45 min chrono sub-dial is kind of weird.

And what's my rambling without some pics!