Photography by Quinn Rooney // Getty Images: Liam Lawson of New Zealand and Visa Cash App Racing Bulls

IF YOU WANT A SENSE of which watch matters most to Tudor right now, you could ask Liam Lawson.

“I love the Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25 – it’s such a standout piece,” the Racing Bulls driver said during the Grand Prix weekend. “I’ve definitely become a big watch guy. This one, along with the pink Tudor Black Bay Chrono we’ve worn, is very cool. The collection reflects my favourite style of watches, so it’s great to represent them both on and off the track.”

Over the weekend, Lawson was spotted wearing the steel Black Bay Chrono (as seen above) with the classic white “panda” dial – a watch that certainly feels at home around the paddock.

The start of a new season always carries a certain electricity. New cars – particularly this year – fresh strategies, and the understanding that races will once again be decided by fractions of a second. Which is exactly where watchmaking and motorsport tend to overlap.

Tudor’s relationship with racing actually stretches back decades, as far back as the 1950s, when the brand was already appearing alongside teams on road races and circuits around the world. Today, that spirit continues through its partnership with the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team, whose drivers Lawson and Isack Hadjar represent the brand on and off the track.

Spend even a few minutes around the garage during a race weekend, and the watches start to appear everywhere. Many of the team members were wearing the Black Bay Ceramic “Blue”, a team-exclusive version of the model designed to match the Racing Bulls livery.

Tudor Black Bay Ceramic “Blue”

And sitting right at the centre of Tudor’s current motorsport story is the Black Bay Chrono “Carbon 25.” The entire 42mm case is made from carbon fibre – the same lightweight material used extensively in race car construction – paired with titanium pushers and a carbon tachymeter bezel designed to measure speed over distance.

The dial comes in what Tudor calls racing white, with carbon-fibre sub-counters and the brand’s distinctive snowflake hands – a design signature that dates back to 1969.

Inside is the Manufacture Chronograph Calibre MT5813, a COSC-certified movement with a 70-hour power reserve and column-wheel chronograph architecture — the sort of mechanical precision that feels entirely appropriate in a sport defined by lap times.

Even the watch’s visual codes mirror the Racing Bulls Formula One car, and production is limited to 2,025 pieces. It’s the sort of detail that quietly ties the watch to the world around it.

Because in Formula 1, races are won in milliseconds. And watchmaking, in its own way, has always been about chasing exactly the same thing.

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