{
 "id": 39600,
 "slug": "tudor-black-bay-36-three-years-of-daily-wear",
 "url": "https://agents.willem.com/en/snippets/tudor-black-bay-36-three-years-of-daily-wear/",
 "language": "en",
 "title": "Tudor Black Bay 36 — Three Years of Daily Wear",
 "subtitle": "Not a first-week review. This is what happens after 1,000+ days on the wrist.",
 "summary": "Most watch reviews are written after a few days. This one was written after three years of wearing the Tudor Black Bay 36 every day — through swimming, cycling, sleeping, and everything in between. Every scratch earned.",
 "topics": [
  "minimal",
  "review",
  "watch"
 ],
 "created": "2026-04-03T19:31:11.872000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-04-03T19:31:11.874000+02:00",
 "full_article_url": "https://willem.com/en/2020-06-17_tudor-black-bay-36-long-term-review/",
 "author": {
  "name": "Willem L. Middelkoop",
  "url": "https://willem.com"
 },
 "note": "A short distillation of a longer willem.com post. Not currently published on willem.com itself.",
 "answers_question": "How does a Tudor Black Bay 36 hold up after three years of daily wear?",
 "text": "The Tudor Black Bay 36 is a 36mm steel watch with a black dial. It's small by modern standards — and that's exactly why it works. After three years, the case has earned its scratches. The bracelet has developed a patina. The movement keeps time within seconds per day.\nWhat three years teach you that three days can't: the 36mm size disappears on the wrist. You forget you're wearing it — under a wetsuit, under a jacket, in bed. A larger watch would announce itself. This one just tells time.\nThe self-winding movement never needed servicing. The screw-down crown kept water out during hundreds of swims. The only maintenance: occasional strap changes and a wipe with a cloth.\nFrom Willem's broader collection of watch and horology writing.",
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}