Posts Tagged ‘Big Block’
7149/0 Tudor Monte Carlo
In vintage, you’ll hear people who know a thing or two talk about condition like people in real estate talk about location. It’s everything. This is particularly the case in sport Rolex, where it’s well known that if you buy a watch with polished bevels Eric Wind will personally hunt down your entire family mercilessly…
Read More79180 Tudor Big Block
For reasons I don’t fully understand, the Big Block hasn’t hit big time. The values of vintage Tudor relative to vintage Rolex are a particularly interesting microcosm to study here. If you want a 7928 Tudor Sub, today they’re about as much as Rolex’s 5513. Original Rangers too, are often trading hands for as much…
Read More9421/0 Tudor Big Block Monte Carlo
This unassuming Tudor combines the very best of two iconic chronographs: the practicality of a Big Block sprinkled with the the magic that was the flamboyant Monte Carlo dial. This is an automatic 7750, but with a dial very reminiscent of the 7100 series Monte Carlos. Alongside the standard production 94200s, Tudor also produced what are…
Read MoreMk1 9420/0 Tudor Big Block Monte Carlo
This unassuming Tudor combines the very best of two iconic chronographs: the practicality of a Big Block sprinkled with the the magic that was the flamboyant Monte Carlo dial. This is an automatic 7750, but with a dial very reminiscent of the 7100 series Monte Carlos. Alongside the standard production 9420/0, Tudor also produced what…
Read More79180 Silver Tudor Big Block
Few watches will ever experience the fame that the Daytona has gathered in its recent decades. Perhaps the Few watches will ever experience the fame that the Daytona has gathered in its recent decades. Perhaps the Nautilus and Royal Oak have seen similar ascensions, but that’s all I can think of with a massive 10…
Read MoreAlbino, Porcelain 79160 Tudor Big Block
What makes a wristwatch great? Is it ultra-engineered complication? Ridiculous levels of hand finishing? Rarity? Artful expression? You won’t be surprised to hear, no one has a definitive answer. The attraction inherent to watch collecting is aa varied and deep as the threads of humanity itself. If you were to ask me why I like…
Read MorePanda Tudor 79170 Big Block with Graduated 12-Hour Bezel
Few watches will ever experience the fame that the Daytona has gathered in its recent few decades. Perhaps the Nautilus and Royal Oak have seen similar ascensions, but that’s all I can think of with a massive 10 seconds of thought dedicated to the effort. However, there are no other in-house, ‘simplified’ Nautilus (don’t you…
Read MoreReasonable Grail: the Tudor Big Block 94200
There’s a strong demand from collectors for vintage Rolex chronographs (even vintage Rolex-ish chronographs). Exhibit A: all Daytonas. Exhibit B: all Monte Carlos. But the under-appreciated Exhibit C comes by way of the Tudor Big Block. It used to be the Big Block was considered a means to an end; a path toward Rolex. These…
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