SOTC # 13 of 16: 1972 TUDOR SUBMARINER 7016

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1972 Tudor Submariner 7016 on AN ADPT NATO STRAP

My story with the Tudor Submariner begins with the Tudor Black Bay, actually a few of them.

I purchased my first Black Bay in Jan 2015, a blue ETA version.  By the end of that year, it was sold for the Black Bay in black.  Then a year later, it was back to the Black Bay in blue, but with an in-house movement.  About two years later in 2018, that was sold for the new Black Bay 58 on NATO.  And that original BB58 on NATO was sold for a BB58 on bracelet.

With the BB58, I really thought it was the one to have and keep.  It was better proportioned than the original Black Bay’s, smaller and thinner, just like those old vintage Subs.  That got me looking into the vintage Subs more.

By April 2019, the stars aligned, I received an offer for the BB58 that I couldn’t say no to and I found a very good example of a 1972 Tudor Submariner snowflake.  Recently serviced, but left unpolished, original dial and hands that had turned into a creamy patina color.  Just gorgeous.  While I never quite connected with the Black Bay, it drove me to the Sub instead.

/ TOMMY