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Heck of a score even has the SA band What ever you do. Do not let them mess with the dial or hands Do not clean do not restore Kiss of death. Well done
He was under strict orders to just clean the dial, lubricate, and get her running. It's lovely.
Good call...original is worth far more than repaired.
Value:
Keep in mind this is and Oyster Tudor, not a Rolex Oyster...
Oyster was an different company that was purchased by Rolex. For Rolex to keep the Oyster name, Oyster watches were then rebranded as TUDOR watches, so that Rolex could use the Oyster name for both.
This is not a Rolex proper watch, nor movement by any means.
On the date, the serial number shows is a tell tale here. In the early days, it was a dual number, with the first number being the model, etc, and ending in the year of manufacture, the number below being the serial number of that watch.
Later, they switched to one number in sequential order. Given the high number. you may be looking at the mid 1960's rather than the 1940's
"shock protection" is another hint. this was not introduced until the mid 1960's
Did they give you a value?
Cheers!
The only thing I would suggest is to get the hands checked out. At one time, I had a Tudor [now have a Rolex] and was working in the hospital as a technologist.
I visited a buddy who headed up the Nuclear Medicine Department. While there, he asked me for the watch so he could run it through his machines. [he somehow
knew about this]. Turns out the hands had Radium on them which gave that 'visible in the dark' feature.
Would not hurt to have this watch checked just to be certain
Micheal
from the website:
Tudor serial Number Year
40,000 – 140,000 1940 – 1956
240000 1956
170,000 1957
200,000 1958
280,000 1959
310,000 1960
340,000 1961
360,000 1962
390,000 1963
430,000 1964
they did not add shock resistant until the early 1960's...
Not sure where the 1940s date you came up with...did the jeweler add anything?