Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 209

Tudor Chrono Time Tudor, Chrono Time , No. 872415, Ref. 9430/9421, case made by Rolex, Geneva. Made in the late 1970s. Fine, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer date and a stainless steel Tudor Oyster bracelet.

USD 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 2,000 - 2,700 / CHF 2,800 - 4,000

Sold: USD 3,600

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, steel bezel with tachometer graduation to 500 UPH, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Bicolor silver and black with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. T 7750, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

This particular model marks an important evolution in the history of Tudor chronographs. Shortly after Tudor discontinued their now-collected line of exotic manually wound chronographs, the new self-winding models were introduced around 1976. The earliest examples, such as this one, only featured the words Chrono Time on the dial. They were rapidly discontinued and the words OysterDate and Automatic Chrono Time around the sub-dial at six replaced them.