Tudor Submariner 7928 Exclamation Gilt Dial - PCG - 1961 - Box & Papers - £15500

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1961 Tudor Submariner 7928 – Quite Literally the Finest Example We Have Ever Seen.

Having had it authenticated & inspected by a world renouned vintage and Tudor expert who claims it's 'simply the best example in everyway I have ever seen' & 'You won't see one like this again in our lifetime'. We are ecstatic to have as part of our inventory.

Every once in a while a watch turns up that makes even long-time collectors stop talking. Not because it’s rare on paper, but because the example in front of you looks like it somehow dodged the last sixty years. This 1961 Tudor Submariner 7928 is exactly that kind of watch. It feels like it walked straight out of the factory and into today.

The case is the early pointed crown guard configuration, the PCG case that collectors spend years hunting for in honest condition. This one has never seen a polishing wheel. The edges are sharp, the lines are clean, and the geometry is exactly as Tudor intended. There is no softening, no rounding, no loss of definition. It is the sort of case that you simply do not expect to still exist.

The bracelet pushes things into almost surreal territory. It is the original rivet bracelet, correctly date stamped 4/60, and it is tight in a way that defies belief. Rivet bracelets usually stretch like crazy over time. This one hasn’t. It feels like it was worn only a handful of times, if that. It is easily the best preserved rivet bracelet we have ever handled.

The caseback is date stamped 11/61 with the proper 7928 reference inside.

The dial is where this watch really becomes special. It is flawless. The gloss, the texture, the richness of the surface — everything is exactly how collectors hope these dials will look, but almost never do. This is the exclamation point dial, a short-lived transitional layout from the early 1960s. The small lume dot at six o’clock was Tudor and Rolex signaling the shift to lower-radium lume as regulations were changing. It marks a very specific and very brief moment in Submariner history. Surviving examples are scarce, and surviving examples in this condition are almost mythical.

Framing it all is the gilt chapter ring, glowing with that deep warm tone that only early gilt printing delivers. The hands match perfectly with no corrosion and no mismatched aging. They look like they have lived their entire life in lockstep with the dial.

Taken as a whole, this isn’t just a strong 7928. It isn’t even just a rare opportunity. It is the kind of watch that resets the bar for what an untouched Tudor Submariner can look like. A 1961 PCG Sub with an exclamation point gilt dial, an unpolished case, and an original rivet bracelet that somehow avoided stretching completely. Perfect original long 5 bezel insert completes the overall provenance of this piece.

This is a true time capsule and easily one of the finest early Tudor Submariners anyone is likely to encounter.

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Specification :

Reference: 7928 Exclamation

Year: 1961

Case Size: 40 mm

Dial Color: Black

Bezel: Black

Movement: Automatic

Strap/Bracelet: Oyster Folded Clasp expandable

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