
Property of a NYC Police Officer
Reference 7032/0 Montecarlo ‘Homeplate’ | A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with date, Circa 1970
Lot Closed
June 11, 05:32 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: anthracite
Caliber: cal. 7734 mechanical, 17 jewels
Case: stainless steel, screw down case back
Case number: 759’624
Size: 39 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Released for only a short two years, the Reference 7032/0 Montecarlo ‘Homeplate’ is certainly one of the most collectable, and easily identifiable, Tudor chronographs of all time. Nicknamed the ‘Homeplate’ due to the pentagon shaped luminous plots along the outer perimeter of the dial, the reference 7032/0 Montecarlo was the first chronograph wristwatch produced by the brand. Adorned by a steel bezel with tachymeter scale allowing for easy view when activating the chronograph, the watch is powered by a Valjoux caliber 7734 mechanical movement. Another signature design is the cyclops date at the 6 o’clock mark, rather than the 3 o’clock mark of its Rolex brethren. The Tudor 7032 paved the way for a long, and continuing, line of Tudor chronographs.
This watch comes to us as the Property of a New York City Police Officer.