These Three Tudor Submariners Feature Beautifully Aged Dials

The Tudor Submariner was originally meant as a lower-cost alternative to the Rolex Sub, one that would use the Crown's case and hardware but would eschew an in-house Rolex movement in favor of a third-party Swiss model Due to the variety of dial designs that came out over the years and the fact that they retailed for less than their big brothers from Rolex, many of these Tudor Subs have become incredibly desirable, and are now worth as much than their counterparts from the same era From the seller: The watch is overall in excellent condition.

The story here is that the French Marine Nationale needed a watch whose hands were highly visible to their divers underwater, and Tudor obliged by designing this reference The watch comes with a newer bezel assembly and bezel insert from Rolex that was replaced at a service What we like: With its gilt dial, chapter ring, and pointed crown guards, this early 1960s reference 7928 is pure, classic Submariner is all its glory, from an era where folks were actually using these watches for their intended purpose.

With its older Tudor rose logo, faded bezel insert and included Oyster rivet bracelet, this Sub calls to mind the glory days of the tool watch, before dive watches became relegated to desk usage and the Sub became a status symbol. . Source