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Tudor Submariner 7928 Gilt Minute Track, 1964

DocumentedDocumented from a dealer's listing; attribution and date as stated by the dealer.
Maker / attribution
Tudor (maker)
Date
1964
Country of origin
Switzerland
Object type
Wristwatch
Dimensions
Case 40 mm
Stock no.
W-1976
Credit line
Dealer listing, Bulang & Sons (W-1976)
Catalogue title (original)
Tudor Submariner 7928 Gilt Minute Track (English)

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Record summary

Catalogued by Bulang & Sons (dealer), Copenhagen (stock number W-1976), this is a wristwatch by Tudor, made in Switzerland, dated 1964. The Atlas places it in the Modern Mechanical Horology period (1945 – 1969) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 40 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.

Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.

Catalogue description

Dealer description — Bulang & Sons

Cool vintage No Date Sub vibes… The 7928 is the classic date-free Submariner that is the perfect fit for our No Date Sub Club! Do you want to join? This might be your entry ticket! This is a really great example of the classic silver print dial version, with the nice touch of the gilt minute track on the outer edge of the dial. The lume has gently aged on the hour plots and nicely matches the hands. The case remains strong in all areas with lovely lugs and crown guards and the watch even has the original no-dots 700 twin lock winding crown. The super cool fat font bezel insert has aged to a brown hue that is almost aubergine in some lights – amazing! The watch is fitted with a folded link Oyster bracelet that remains in excellent condition with a clasp stamped ‘4 69’ and 258 endlinks . The Tudor cal 390 movement has been fully serviced by our watchmaker. Specifications: - Reference 7928 - 40mm steel case - Serial 434xxx dating to 1964 - Silver print dial with gilt minute track - Tropical brown fat font bezel insert - Original 700 twin lock winding crown - Oyster bracelet 7836 with 258 endlinks - Fully serviced by our watchmaker - Includes a handmade leather watch pouch

Historical context

Modern Mechanical Horology (1945 – 1969)

Tool watches for divers, pilots and astronauts; electric watches anticipate the electronic age.

The classic era of the mechanical wristwatch: dive watches, chronographs for motor racing and space flight, GMT watches for jet travel, slim dress watches, automatic calendars, and the rise of Japanese manufacturers alongside Swiss, American, German and Soviet industries.

Read the period in the timelineMore wristwatches from this periodEarlier: Golden Age of Mechanical Watchmaking

Atlas type guide

Dive and water-resistant watches

Keeping water and dust out of a wristwatch was a long-standing challenge. Rolex's screw-down Oyster case (1926) and Omega's Marine (1932) were landmarks; in the early 1950s Blancpain's Fifty Fathoms and Rolex's Submariner defined the professional dive watch with rotating bezels for timing dives, luminous dials and high water resistance. The ISO 6425 standard (1982) later codified what a 'diver's watch' must do.

Dive watches became icons of post-war design and exploration, and their evolution — helium escape valves, ceramic bezels, saturation-diving depth ratings — records the history of underwater work.

What to look for

  • Unidirectional or bidirectional rotating bezel with minute markings.
  • Screw-down crown and case back; depth rating printed on the dial.
  • Luminous hands and markers (radium before c. 1960, tritium c. 1960–1998, then Super-LumiNova).
  • Reference numbers on the case between the lugs or inside the back.

Dating clues

  • Screw-down Oyster cases: from 1926.
  • Professional dive watches: from 1953.
  • Tritium 'T' marks on dials: c. 1960–1998.

General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.

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