Horological Meandering

It's been a while, I had almost forgotten about this watch laying about. This one came out of the San Diego Naval base. Ken Jacobs had it and he sold it to me back in 2007. About 25 years ago when the watch was only worth $1500. I paid his crazy price aft...  

No military heritage with this one just old time cool. ...  

I had another military Tudor, it was a 7928 similar to yours. Probably made after your great looking watch. I sold it thinking I was going to buy something more interesting, I had no idea how expensive these watches had gotten. Big regret, but we live and...  

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These are in my opinion the ultimate Vietnam Era military diver watches. Pretty impressive, are these yours? Too bad the current Blancpain have nothing to do with the Rayville watches.

The current Blancpain company has none of the records from the original company, so really the current company is name only. I think the new company makes fine watches and I would be happy to own one. I think the new Blancpain is one of the more successfu... 

Thanks for sharing your post!

Great watch, even better story (see the link provided in the post if you haven’t already done so).

It's funny how the demand for watches changes over the years. I remember 25 years ago when I was looking for these watches a Seal Team BUD/s Billy S. was writing stories about Vietnam reunions that he was attending. He took a lot of photographs of Tudor S... 

What's the dot above the 6 o clock marker or is it a reflection? Stunning watch and story!

So there are 2 watches? I need to re-read the topic then. I thought I was dreaming.