Live Auction 1417Rare Watches Including Nautilus 40 Part II
Tudor. A fine new old stock stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with tachometer bezel, date, Tudor Oyster bracelet, original certificate and box
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Tudor. A fine new old stock stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with tachometer bezel, date, Tudor Oyster bracelet, original certificate and box

Signed Tudor, Chrono Time OysterDate, Automatic, Ref. 79160, case no. B427718, case made by Rolex, Geneva, circa 1992

Closed14 November 2016

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Tudor. A fine new old stock stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with tachometer bezel, date, Tudor Oyster bracelet, original certificate and box
Signed Tudor, Chrono Time OysterDate, Automatic, Ref. 79160, case no. B427718, case made by Rolex, Geneva, circa 1992
MOVEMENT: automatic, cal. T 7750, 17 jewels
DIAL: black and silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds scale, three subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours registers, magnified window for date
CASE: stainless steel, screw back, screw down crown, two round screw down chronograph buttons, black bezel with tachometer graduation to 500 UPH, 39.5 mm. diam.
SIGNED: case, dial, movement
BRACELET/CLASP: stainless steel Tudor Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp, approximate overall length of bracelet 190 mm.
ACCOMPANIED BY: Tudor Garantie stamped by Uhren Siegl, Salzburg, product literature and Tudor presentation box

Specialist note

In exceptional unworn new old stock condition, the present Oysterdate Chronograph still retains the original burgundy Tudor sticker on the back of the case. It is furthermore complete with the original certificate and box.

This watch is fitted with the scarcer black dial with silver subsidiaries as opposed to the more usual silver dial with black subsidiaries, it is also the first series Oysterdate Chronograph dial with trapezoidal indexes and inscription “T Swiss T” as opposed to the second version's straight block indexes and inscription “T Swiss Made T”.

For an illustration and explanation of this reference see Tudor Anthology by Alberto Isnardi, pp. 170-175.