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Tudor Submariner for Sale

Vintage and neo-vintage Tudor Submariners, at auction with no reserve or at a fixed price on the Exchange. Every auction lot is opened, checked against its reference and sealed before it ships to you.

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By era

Tudor Submariner references by era

Typical ranges are the spread of recent dealer, auction and Grey Market sales for the references on each page, rounded to a band. Indicative, not a valuation; each reference page carries the detail.

Buyer's guide

Buying a Tudor Submariner

What to check on a Tudor Submariner

Dial and hands. A Snowflake dial should carry Snowflake hands, and the square plots and the hands should have aged to the same shade. Mercedes hands on a Snowflake dial, or bright white lume on a 1970s watch, mean a service set or a transplant.

Crown and case. The case, crown and bracelet are Rolex parts, so the wrong Rolex parts are the risk: a crown with the Rolex coronet where the Tudor rose or shield belongs, a later bezel insert, a bracelet from a different decade. The caseback inside should carry the Tudor reference.

Movement. An ETA calibre, which is the point: it should be clean, signed and the right calibre for the reference. A Rolex movement in a Tudor case is a franken.

Service parts. As on any Submariner, crystals and inserts are consumables and a service dial is a different, cheaper watch; both should be in the listing's condition notes before you bid, and here the verification report confirms them in hand.

What a Tudor Submariner costs here, by era

Where enough recent sales exist, each era above shows a typical range, built from dealer, auction and Grey Market sales for the references in it and rounded to a band. A blue Snowflake 9411 or a 7928 with a gilt dial leads the family; a 79090 with its sapphire crystal is the practical entry.

Auctions here open low and run without a reserve, so a lot's closing price is whatever the room decides that week. The sold results on this page are what Tudor Submariners have actually gone for here, before the buyer's premium.

Frequently asked

Buying a Tudor Submariner here

No. Every Grey Market auction runs without a reserve, so the highest bid when the clock runs out wins the watch. Bidding opens low on purpose; the price is set by the people bidding, not by a minimum the seller chose. Auctions run for seven days and extend briefly when a bid lands in the final minutes, so a last-second bid cannot close a lot before everyone has answered it.

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