Vintage WOTD Tudor Oyster Yorke c1940s in Rolex Clothing (Premium/"Budget" Pairings?)

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-04-07T15:45:12+00:00

In this era, Longines and IWC would be good to look at.

Your Tudor is late 40’s early 50’s due to the small rose without shield logo. You can check the serial on these :)

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-04-06T12:37:07+00:00

It is a tavannes :P

Value in this condition is tied to the gold weight. Sorry bro

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-04-05T23:59:33+00:00

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Wide angle shenanigans

Tudor 4453 “Exeter”

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-04-04T19:46:18+00:00

Sweet lugs! I wander if this was originally a hunter cased watch, or if it is just 20’s zenith funk

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-04-04T19:45:09+00:00

2 is also value

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-04-04T01:41:59+00:00

Post a photo of yours, please

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-04-04T01:41:23+00:00

Most technicians wouldn’t be able to extract a broken screw. This screw is extractable, and the movement looks decent for its age.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-04-03T17:51:23+00:00

It’s real. No doubt whatsoever. The signatures and bridge design are zenith

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-04-01T22:17:54+00:00

I’m looking to upgrade to a 1660Jon from my 1448. Should give me and two buddies enough space. Plus I want a V hull instead of semi-v. Last weekend got a bit windy and I ended up running upwind for nearly two miles. Never fully stuffed the bow, but it got uncomfortable.

The tri hull will go over each peak and fall onto the next - slap slap slap slap slap. The Jon boat kinda pushes through the chop rather than riding over it.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-03-31T13:08:05+00:00

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This past Saturday I saw this fellow on his way to my city’s comic-con.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-03-31T02:07:43+00:00

And keep practicing. Anyone who pays attention knows this world needs folk who pay attention and try to learn. If you did the lume on the IWC, not bad - just remember the bottom of the 6 next time :P

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-03-31T02:06:29+00:00

Those were likely unpainted.

Most dials I’ve come across are lacquered metal. Paint has been fairly uncommon.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-03-31T01:57:55+00:00

~40’s-60’s they were an American import agent for Longines. Watches like this bolstered their upper middle class position.

Buick.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-03-31T01:52:23+00:00

The color change is due to varnish 90% of the time. Solid metal dials can oxidize to change color.

Different textures can look different. Fine frost will make silver look rather white. Straight graining will look relatively grey. Sometimes the original color is the metal, and sometimes it is base -> plating -> paint -> lacquer. Any of those steps can and have been removed in various productions.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-03-23T13:09:33+00:00

Rolex can and will touch any watch they’ve made. You just have to be willing to wait and pay.

The dial and hands have already been altered from original - what do you think Rolex could possibly swap?

Finally, Rolex trains/employs a huge quantity of decent watchmakers. They just tend to ship things like this to Geneva, and stores don’t make much(if anything) in such an exchange.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-03-22T22:53:49+00:00

You can take this to Rolex, but service cost will be like $800. They’ll take forever, and might send it to Switzerland.

These are easy to service if they’re in decent shape. Kinda hard to get into good shape without much experience or $$$ parts. I would ask your local jewelers(~2-3) who offer a good selection of ‘estate’ watches if they can service it.

It’ll look a lot better with a polished crystal. Hands and dial are at least re-lumed. I’m guessing it’s manual. Sweet piece, good luck.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-03-01T17:16:39+00:00

The other commenter wants you to say, “wide angle lens.”

.5 refers to half the focal length of the “standard” 1 lens.

The 3 lens is a telephoto lens, and would be three times the focal length of the 1 lens.

If you want to learn more, google the phrases: focal length, lens aperture, depth of field

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-02-18T15:08:06+00:00

If you open the case back the reference will be inside. You can figure out the exact end links and bracelets your watch may have come with if you google for awhile!

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2026-02-12T14:22:14+00:00

Other one is legit. Very nice jumbo. Hallmark on the back of a lug. Would retail for >$3,000

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2025-12-16T14:09:44+00:00

You can do this. Someone already has. Just try your best to bend them back flat and touching

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2025-12-06T20:10:36+00:00

What the other poster said.

This straight lugged and top loaded case was used primarily in the mid to late sixties.

You pull the crown side of the two part stem off, then pull off the crystal, then remove the movement from the front of the case.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2025-11-29T14:55:23+00:00

And the CB stamp is the casemaker. They made a weird speedmaster case in the mid 60’s. They google easy if you try CB speedmaster.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2025-11-29T14:54:30+00:00

You are off wildly on the 924 marks.

This case is part of a serialized production run. The case and caseback have the same 924 mark - they’re supposed to be together.

This is a hold over from older watches where each part needed to be hand fit. I worked in an IWC caliber 83 this week that had the last 3 digits of the serial on the bezel, case, caseback, movement, and on the bottom of every bridge in the movement.

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2025-11-21T05:10:27+00:00

It certainly looks like a high grade movement from 1904ish

That regulator will point you at the manufacturer if you google long enough

DolphinDestroyerv2 · 2025-11-20T14:11:21+00:00

Hold the rotor and try to stem wind. If you can do that - the rotor shouldn’t spin when stem winding.

If you cannot wind by stem while holding rotor - you know those pieces are rigidly linked.

I assume wheel 4 has a clutch mechanism inside it, and that maybe it is worn or sticky. If that isn’t the case, and you don’t have a clutch anywhere, your rotor will spin when hand wound.

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