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29 March 2015, 08:46 PM | #1 |
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Vintage Tudor ID help. Oddball dial?
Hi Everyone.
Need your expertise on an old and maybe questionable Tudor. I posted this before on a different watch collecting forum, but they weren't sure what to make of it. The few replies I got thought it's an authentic model but with an unusual dial that they haven't seen before. Possible replacement of the hands at some point. So basically, as the pics show - it's a Tudor “Big Rose” shock resisting manual wind watch. It’s questionable because over the years I've owned it, in looking at many pics from google, online dealers and ebay – I’ve never seen a dial similar to this. Every single Big Rose watch I’ve seen has the rose and indices embossed. The indices are of an arrow(head) design. There are no numbers on any Big Rose dial. However this one is a Big Rose model with the 3, 6, 9 numbers similar to a Ranger or Explorer dials (and some Air Tigers). In addition, the indices are in Tritium including the large Rose emblem- which would have been interesting to see glow up back in the day. The back was opened up and back case identifies the case as a 7934. And in looking at movements - it's a 21 jewel ETA 2402. In terms of background, I bought this watch over 10 years ago from a vintage watch dealer in California. When I dealt with this dealer I bought other vintage watches and never had any issues of fakes – so I always trusted the source. The dealer had nothing to say about it at the time and I bought it as a cheap substitute for an Explorer style watch. I attach some photos of the dial – apologies for the quality of my older Apple I-phone. Yes, the dial is in rough shape. It was roughly treated unfortunately. Anyone ever see anything like this? Is it an unusual model or some weird after market dial unauthorized by Tudor? Thanks in advance for any thoughts! |
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