Received this one in a trade
for my Ball Skindiver back in August 2013. I’d really start to love the Tudor
chronographs after owning the 79270. Such great watches! So when I got the
opportunity to try out the same chrono but in a twotone version it was a
no-brainer. I actually thought it looked awful when I first saw it with the
white dial and its red details but I knew it had potential to become something else. I think I received the watch on a black leather strap, not sure, but I
had it replaced with a 22mm croc strap that I managed to squeeze in without
having it look too terrible. A watch colleague helped me to source a
black dial with gold indexes for it which turned out to be a perfect match. Looked fantastic! And when I had had the new dial installed I
changed the strap to a brown crocodile leather which made the watch look even
more awesome. Some thought that a black leather strap would have been a better
match but seriously, there are few things that look uglier than black leather
straps. I had plans trying to find a working twotone bracelet for it but never
found one. That would have been so cool.
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| #187 - The Tudor Chronograph ref. 79273P. |
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| Having a beer in our old kitchen. |
I honestly don’t know why I
sold this one. It was even complete with box and certificate. It looked freakin’
fantastic! I probably needed cash for something else or just got bored as usual. Stupid.
But damn, looking back on the pictures I really feel that I could go another
round with this one. It’s crazy how the prices for these 90’s Tudor
chronographs completely have gone through the roof. I even lost about $350 when selling
this one because of the dial change. God that hurts.
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| With the white dial it came with. Not a big fan. |
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| Here on the 22mm croc strap. |
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