Tudor Black Bay Fifty Eight Vs Oris Divers: The Best Sub-$5,000 Luxury Dive Watch of 2021

Tim Mosso's "Watches Tonight" reviews the 2021 Tudor Black Bay Fifty Eight and this year's standout class of luxury sub-$5,000 dive watches. While the Tudor Heritage Black Bay is an established name in dive watches, this year's Black Bay 925 in sterling silver reinvents Tudor's signature diver. With a revitalized taupe dial and bezel, the Black Bay 58 is ready to tackle a muscular challenge from the Oris Carl Brashear Cal. 401, Bell & Ross, and Ball Watch. Tonight, we discuss the best dive watches for $5,000 or less. When the budget doesn't support a Rolex Submariner, tonight's show has you covered! 2018 marked the first year of the Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight. Inspired by early Tudor and Rolex Submariner dive watches from 1950s, the Black Bay Fifty Eight measures 39mm in diameter compared to the 41mm case of the standard Heritage Black Bay. The 2021 Black Bay Fifty Eight 925 adds an exciting new case metal and styling features never seen on the most popular Tudor watch of the twenty first century. Tudor's new Black Bay starts with the "Fifty Eight" case and swaps stainless steel for sterling silver. Rarely used in the wristwatch era, sterling silver was popular as a corrosion-resistant case metal in the pocket watch era. Later innovations in Staybrite stainless steel limited silver 925's applications in wrist watches, but Tudor took the road less traveled and launched the 2021 Black Bay as the brand's first silver watch. Although sterling silver contains six percent copp