Live Auction 1407Important Watches
Tudor. A rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with date, bracelet and box
Lot 139 The following two lots, 139 and 140, are from Tudor's celebrated
"Montecarlo" Oyster chronograph series. Launched in 1971, these icons of 1970s design are amongst the firm's most popular vintage models. For a detailed description and illustrations of the models see Alberto Isnardi's Tudor Anthology, pp. 124-155.

To revitalize this legendary chronograph - imbued with the spirit of chic and sophisticated holiday destinations of the 1970s - TUDOR reinterpreted it and launched the Heritage Chrono in 2010. This modern version of the icon of the 1970s incorporates the faithful reproduction of the key characteristics of the historic model, the first series featuring a black or grey dial like the very first "Montecarlo", the second launched in 2013 a blue dial, just like the second "Montecarlo" series.

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Tudor. A rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with date, bracelet and box

SIGNED TUDOR, OYSTER DATE, MONTECARLO MODEL, REF. 7159/0, CASE NO. 775'781, CIRCA 1972

Closed11 May 2015

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CHF 6,250

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Tudor. A rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with date, bracelet and box
Signed Tudor, Oyster Date, Montecarlo model, ref. 7159/0, case no. 775'781, circa 1972
Cal. 234 mechanical movement, 17 jewels, grey matte dial, luminous baton numerals, luminous hands, orange hand for chronographic seconds, outer orange Arabic five minutes divisions on black track, two black, brown, white and orange sunken subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 45 minutes register, magnified window for date, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, blank bezel with tachymetre scale calibrated for 500 units, screw back stamped "Original Oyster Case by Rolex Geneva", screw down Rolex crown, two round screw down chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and deployant clasp stamped 4.70, case, dial and movement signed
40 mm. diam.; overall length of bracelet approx. 190 mm.

Specialist note

With Tudor original fitted presentation box and an example of Tudor Anthology by Alberto Isnardi.

Consigned by the original owner, the present reference 7159/0 is preserved in very appealing original overall condition, still retaining the original bracelet and box.

Reference 7159/0 is the second model of the second series of the Oyster Chronograph introduced in 1972, featuring a blank bezel calibrated for 500 units. It is sold with Rolex Oyster bracelet ref. 7836.

A similar ref. 7159/0 is illustrated and described in Alberto Isnardi's Tudor Anthology pp. 146-149.