Maker: |
Tudor |
Model: |
Snowflake |
Reference No.: |
7021/0 |
Date: |
1970 |
Serial No.: |
7618XX |
Case: |
Stainless steel 40mm. case with screw-down winding button, bi-directional rotating service bezel, reference and serial numbers correctly stamped between the lugs, case back engraved Original Oyster Case by Rolex Geneva - inside engraved Montres Tudor SA Geneva Switzerland Patented Stainless steel IV.70 |
Dial: |
Superb black dial with the original finish with original lume snowflake hour markers, signed Tudor Prince Oysterdate 200m=660ft Submariner T Swiss T |
Hands: |
Original snowflake hands and original sweep seconds hand |
Movement: |
Original Automatic Calibre 2484 – just serviced |
Strap: |
Tudor 78500 service bracelet with 380B end links Date-stamped MA2 for 2005 |
Info: |
The present watch is a beautiful fully serviced example of an early Tudor Snowflake. The case has been very lightly polished, and it retails lovely thick lugs, the bezel is thought to have a service insert that was probably fitted when the bracelet was replaced presumably in 2005 going by the bracelet date letter. The all-important dial and hands are in beautiful condition, the movement is the original ETA 2483 caliber, and it has just been fully serviced. THE SNOWFLAKE The nickname Snowflake refers to the large square hands. It also has distinctive, luminous square hour markers, meant to be easily legible against the blue or black dial. This design gave Tudor a distinctive identity, earning it a reputation as something of a fun younger brother to Rolex. Tudor also used a new movement, an ETA 2483, which beat at the same 18,000 bph frequency as its predecessor. The case remained the same as previous Rolex Submariners signed by Rolex, waterproof to 200 meters and rounded crown guards. But in another change, the Plexiglas crystal was no longer domed but flat, thick and prominent. The Tudor Submariner Reference 7021 first appeared alongside the Ref. 7016 in 1969, but featured a date window at 3 o'clock, magnified by a cyclops for easier reading. Like the Ref. 7016, the Ref. 7021 featured an ETA movement, here the self-winding calibre 2484. The Snowflake remained in the Tudor catalogue until 1981. |
