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Firstly, let me assure you that this watch is genuine. It was left to my dad in 1983 by my grandad and had previously been left to him by his brother. I never thought for a moment that anyone on here would think this watch was fake and am mortified that this is the case. I fully admit that my first post on this site a week or so ago was made with the intention of alerting people to the sale because I love my Dad and wanted to help him (he didn't ask me to). But affter that, I became genuinely interested to know why this watch was being valued at £25,000 - £35,000 on the auction site when the ebay watch went for $100,000. Posting that question on some watch forums led to me being told that the dial and watch were atypical for a 7923 and has led me to some obsessive researching on this watch. When I came to realise it might be truly unique, I became even more obssessed and  wanted to share this with people. I am not going to lie and pretend I didn't also think this might increase interest in the watch but this was no longer my primary motivation. I now REALLY want to know if this is a special watch. I am not sure how many future contributions I can make to this forum because a few weeks ago, I had never even head of Tudor Watches. But I do now feel I know a lot about the 7923! Finally, I am also mortified that my post may have brought into question the integrity of the auction house selling this watch and think that deleting this whole thread may be the best thing. Again, I apologise. Is there a way for me to report my own post and get the whole thing removed or could you do it for me please?

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Is this a Unique Version of the Tudor Oyster Sub-Mariner 7923?

 
By: The Monkey : January 29th, 2020-09:37
Given some of the very interesting and informative previous threads that I have found on this Board regarding the Tudor Submariner 7923, I thought people might be interested to see what I think might be a unique version of the Tudor Oyster SubMariner 7923...  

Thank you for this. With regards the dial and the hands...

 
By: The Monkey : January 29th, 2020-11:04
The hands definitely aren't typical of the 7923 - but this is exactly what is making me think it is a unique version of the watch, possibly a prototype? Because the serial number is previous to the $100,000 ebay watch, then this watch must have been made ... 

Will do!

 
By: The Monkey : January 29th, 2020-10:57
But why do you think it's a risky business?

Meaning a lot of shenanigans go on with vintage pieces, in particular the dial

 
By: Brandon Skinner : January 29th, 2020-13:36
People adding text here, removing it there. A lot of forgery goes on to potentially add thousands or tens of thousands to the value of the watch. If your Grandfather was the original owner, then past down later to your Dad, you are probably in good shape.... 

My dad doesn't own an auction house - I wish he did! [nt]

 
By: The Monkey : January 29th, 2020-11:20
It is his watch though, which is why I have become so interested in it and want to find out if this long-time family watch really is a unique 7923. I also thought that if it was a unique 7923 that people on here would want to know about it given the rarit... 

My apology in that I (mis)read your first post, "My dad is selling his" with a link to the sale -- it certainly implied that your father owns the watch and not the auction house!

 
By: FabR : January 29th, 2020-12:04
The substance of my comment however remains, as I cannot like the timing of a thread that advertises and discusses in detail a watch up for sale only 3 weeks later --- whether you own the watch or the auction house selling it. For optical reasons, I would... 

Thank you for this...

 
By: The Monkey : January 29th, 2020-12:15
Firstly, let me assure you that this watch is genuine. It was left to my dad in 1983 by my grandad and had previously been left to him by his brother. I never thought for a moment that anyone on here would think this watch was fake and am mortified that t... 

No....

 
By: The Monkey : February 11th, 2020-00:45
This is a 217 serial number, my dad's is a 218

Sorry, the dials are not the same.

 
By: The Monkey : February 11th, 2020-00:44
I did see the triangle eating into the rose because it was mentioned in this article: But I thought the text on the dials were the same. However, I've just realised that the text is not presented in the same order. My dad's is shock-resisting - depth - s...