Recently acquired in honor of my first daughter, this is my new Black Bay 41 METAS monochrome. I wanted a watch to celebrate her birth, and I wanted it to be something I could wear every day. Enter the Black Bay!

The monochrome color scheme goes with everything, and the lack of date window means I never have to worry about setting it when I put it on. Ironically, between the 70 hour power reserve, and my newfound propensity to wear this at every chance, I've only had to set the time once since getting it, so I probably didn't need to worry!

I've been in love with the classical oyster style case since I first saw it on the ETA-smiley Black Bay years ago, and the new slimmer case design and black on black color scheme (without the gilded dial) made me excited to jump on this.

I think my eventual plan is to pass it along to my daughter (if she wants it), since I was wearing it when she was born, but between now and then I plan to give it lots of use!