Tudor Railroad watch

[alwayshere]

hi all,

I was chatting to a colleague who mentioned he has an old Tudor white dial dress watch that the family has passed down. He isn't really a watch guy but asked him to describe it.

He said it was all white with red 24 hour numerals - I thought may be its a railroad watch. Anyway I looked it up and this caught my eye.

Not much detail on this particular model - a bit of a mystery but does this model actually exist? it seems to also share the 7996 model number similar to that of the Ranger but far less coverage.

I have lifted this image from one of the dealers - hope its okay.

Any thoughts? thanks in advance.

[alwayshere]

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[oysterfisher]

I dont like this dial and I dont like this hands. Doesnt look original to me.

[alwayshere]

Originally Posted by oysterfisher

I dont like this dial and I dont like this hands. Doesnt look original to me.

fair enough but do they exist?

here's one that was listed on this forum a few years ago.

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=696293

[oysterfisher]

i am not too much into this dials, but I dont like the lume dots. They are not centric to the smal stripes in the circle.
Furthermore your "shown" one has different hands.

In my eyes, no good...

[Old Expat Beast]

A repainted dial is the best-case scenario here, IMO.

[zapokee]

Those look very much like Seiko hands.

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

[TuRo]

Yes they are legit. Made from 1960 to late 60s.

Here's a couple sold David Duggan in UK is good honest expensive +Burlington dealer btw

https://www.daviddugganwatches.co.uk...ad-7996-tu008/

Also Tudor watch collector and Raif/Ross have photoed / mentioned.

https://images.app.goo.gl/8gdLgPKHu8DTUgsV9

Late 60s went to shield

https://watchcharts.com/listing/4161...-ref-7995-rare

[oysterfisher]

@Paul:
If ross aka Mr Tudor mentioned that ones, I have to be silent.
But if you check the lume dots... All other pieces do have centric ones. This one not. Furthermore tha hands looking really strange to me. Others do have black one.

Regards

[Nick9]

Apparently it’s genuine.

There are a lot of odd watches among the Commonwealth market Tudors and Rolexes. I think this is one of them.

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by pauldavidthorpe

Yes they are legit. Made from 1960 to late 60s.

Here's a couple sold David Duggan in UK is good honest expensive +Burlington dealer btw

https://www.daviddugganwatches.co.uk...ad-7996-tu008/

Also Tudor watch collector and Raif/Ross have photoed / mentioned.

https://images.app.goo.gl/8gdLgPKHu8DTUgsV9

Late 60s went to shield

https://watchcharts.com/listing/4161...-ref-7995-rare

Interesting. The Duggan watch and OP's watch are the same piece, which judging from the few examples in your second link, may have the wrong hands? I wonder if they have an enamel dial to still be so white after so many years. I quite like the shield dial with no date.

[alwayshere]

thanks guys.

Yes putting aside the wrong hands in the OP watch, my question was more around does this model actually officially exists.

Feels like it does but not a widely issued piece.

[dgdjr]

Hi alwayshere -

I have included a link for one that I sold to Eric Ku back in 2014. They are genuine and do exist but not seen often as mentioned above. Mind you the original hands did not have their lume on this particular watch.

Don

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/vint...463184#p463184

[alwayshere]

Originally Posted by dgdjr

Hi alwayshere -

I have included a link for one that I sold to Eric Ku back in 2014. They are genuine and do exist but not seen often as mentioned above. Mind you the original hands did not have their lume on this particular watch.

Don

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/vint...463184#p463184

thanks Don. really helpful - didn't know there was a no-date version too. Guess thats in line with the Ranger series too.