A first-series Mk1 Tudor Oysterdate chronograph in steel, reference 7032/0, with the grey Home Plate dial and the date at six. Unpolished, with its original screw-down pushers and matt bezel, on a Rolex Oyster bracelet dated 1971.
The 7734 is a cam-actuated two-register chronograph with date, beating at 18,000 vibrations an hour, and it sets the layout of the dial: the 45-minute counter at three, the running seconds at nine, and the date at six, shown beneath a cyclops turned on its side so the magnified numeral reads flat along the lower edge of the dial.
This is the grey dial, with a black outer track numbered in orange every five minutes and black registers, the counter marked with an orange segment. The chronograph seconds hand is orange to match the track, over lumed baton hands for the time. The hour markers are cut in the five-sided shape that gave the watch its Home Plate name, and their tritium has aged to an even cream against the grey. It is signed with the Tudor shield at twelve and Tudor Oysterdate beneath it. The dial and the tritium hands are original and untouched.
- 1Home Plate markersCut in the five-sided shape that gave the watch its name; the tritium has aged to an even cream.
- 245-minute counterAt three, marked with an orange segment.
- 3Running secondsAt nine, in a black register.
- 4The dateAt six, beneath a cyclops turned on its side so the numeral reads flat along the lower edge.
- 5The shieldThe Tudor shield at twelve, with Tudor Oysterdate beneath it.
The case is the Tudor Oyster, made by Rolex, 39.5mm across and 47mm from lug to lug, with a screw-down Rolex crown set between squared crown guards, and its original Mk1 flat-topped screw-down pushers. It has not been polished, and the lugs keep their sharp edges and full shape. The bezel is the original, still in its matt finish, graduated from 500 down to 60 units per hour; the engraving is crisp and deep, and the black fill in its numerals has faded in places. It wears on a folded Rolex Oyster bracelet dated to the same year as the watch, with the fixed end links made for the Tudor chronograph case.
The caseback is engraved Original Oyster Case by Rolex Geneva around the Rolex coronet, and the screw-down crown carries the coronet as well. The folded Oyster bracelet is Rolex reference 7838 on 282 end links, the fixed end link made for the Tudor chronograph case. Its clasp is signed with the Rolex scroll logo, stamped Patented & Registered and Swiss Made, and carries the date code 3/71, placing the bracelet in the same year as the watch.
- Maker
- Tudor
- Model
- Oysterdate Chronograph 'Home Plate'
- Reference
- 7032/0
- Serial
- Not visible
- Year
- C.1971
- Case material
- Stainless steel, Rolex Oyster case
- Diameter
- 39.5mm
- Lug to lug
- 47mm
- Bezel
- Fixed steel, engraved tachymeter
- Movement
- Manual wind, Valjoux cal. 7734, 17 jewels
- Complications
- Chronograph (45-minute counter), date, running seconds
- Dial
- Grey with black outer track and black registers, Home Plate markers
- Crystal
- Acrylic with horizontal date cyclops
- Bracelet
- Rolex folded Oyster, ref. 7838, 282 end links, clasp dated 3/71
- Country
- Switzerland
- Box / papers
- None
- Warranty
- 12 months, mechanical, through Vintage Times Amsterdam from date of delivery
12-month mechanical warranty through Vintage Times Amsterdam from date of delivery.
