98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 332
Tudor/Rolex "Oysterdate Monte Carlo", Case No. 826930, Ref. 7169/0, Cal. 234, 40 mm, circa 1968
A rare vintage wristband chronograph with 45 min. counter and date, so called "Monte Carlo"
Case: steel, Rolex screw back, screwed pushers and screwed Rolex winding crown, bidirectional rotatable black bezel with tachy scale, Rolex steel "Oyster" bracelet ref. 78360 with endlinks stamped 580. Dial: multi-color silvered (re-lumed), baton service hands (original).
The Tudor "Monte Carlo" chronograph is a style icon of the 1970s and one of the house’s most popular models. Rolex introduced the Tudor brand in 1945, intended to deliver high quality watches at reasonable prices. The design of the Oysterdate is very similar to that of the Rolex Daytona, but the cases of the Tudor models are considerably bulkier than those of the Rolex version.
The varied and colourful "exotic dials" have made these timepieces very popular with the collectors; the dials came in two variations - they were grey/black or black/grey, with an additional grey/blue variant from 1972 on.
Before a new dial was launched in 1972, the Tudor Oysterdate had several nicknames: the "Tudor Porsche" or the "Tudor Home Plate". It was eventually named "Monte Carlo", because the dial was reminiscent of a roulette table.
A rare vintage wristband chronograph with 45 min. counter and date, so called "Monte Carlo"
Case: steel, Rolex screw back, screwed pushers and screwed Rolex winding crown, bidirectional rotatable black bezel with tachy scale, Rolex steel "Oyster" bracelet ref. 78360 with endlinks stamped 580. Dial: multi-color silvered (re-lumed), baton service hands (original).
The Tudor "Monte Carlo" chronograph is a style icon of the 1970s and one of the house’s most popular models. Rolex introduced the Tudor brand in 1945, intended to deliver high quality watches at reasonable prices. The design of the Oysterdate is very similar to that of the Rolex Daytona, but the cases of the Tudor models are considerably bulkier than those of the Rolex version.
The varied and colourful "exotic dials" have made these timepieces very popular with the collectors; the dials came in two variations - they were grey/black or black/grey, with an additional grey/blue variant from 1972 on.
Before a new dial was launched in 1972, the Tudor Oysterdate had several nicknames: the "Tudor Porsche" or the "Tudor Home Plate". It was eventually named "Monte Carlo", because the dial was reminiscent of a roulette table.
estimated
27.000—35.000 €
Price realized
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