I saw this thread only yesterday May 29, 2022 and perhaps my own experience can contribute the the understanding of the Tudor Home Plate "Black dial" 1971. Reading through posts referring to the first Chrono that Tudor put together some people might find my story conflicts with suppositions made by "experts". My story starts in 1973. I was a young guy learning scuba-diving. I started looking for a diver's watch and found one at the Hudson's Bay department store in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I didn't like the aluminum bezel on the Tudor 7031 because I didn't think it would hold up over the years. I preferred the stainless steel bezel firmly fixed on what I now know to be the Tudor 7032 for its robustness. I also wanted a stop-watch feature even though a diver probably wouldn't need it and certainly could not use it unless the pushers were unscrewed. For diving purposes the bezel should have been calibrated in minutes rather than tachymeter numbers. What did I know? I was only a kid. I bought the Tudor for $275 and later had a ROLEX stainless steel band put on because the Tudor band was forever popping open when I was racing my bike. Exchanged the bracelet where I bought the watch, getting a credit for the Tudor band although I needed to pay a bit more for the more comfortable ROLEX wrist band. I used the stopwatch function in my job at a television studio over the years. The watch was sent away to Rolex Canada in Toronto to be regulated before the warranty period expired, 12 months from July 1973. After that, it was never serviced for the time I owned it because it ran perfectly. I had a lost pusher replaced in 2020 (not an exact match but a local watchmaker found a Rolex Mk I pusher from a Daytona) and some new seals were installed before I auctioned it at Phillips in 2020. It fetched me $103,000 (Canadian) when all was said and done and of course the auction house adds the buyer premium to the auction price when it publishes its sale price which at the time was in the US$118, 000 area. I hope this clarifies some history for enthusiasts... the black dial 7032 is in fact a reality. If anyone has a question, feel free to reply. Before I sold it, I tested the luminous paint and it still glowed weakly. Cheers, Greg Novik.
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