Help with understanding Tudor Submariner 7928 Crown Guard.

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I have this beautiful Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner Ref 7928 in what someone told me is a "pumpkin dial". I was trying to see some Chrono listing of similar dial for some estimation of prices but it was all over the place!

Around 10K USD to 60K USD (even if aspirational price). So I am surely doing something wrong or not understanding the crown properly.

Hence turning to forum. Attached some pics when it was in service.

Might I request the forum in determining what kind of crown guard it has and anything special about its dial which may impact it's value?

Thanks

 
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The experts can chime in but a non-gilt, non-rail track dial is probably the least valuable of the 7928 dials. The pumpkin reference is just someone’s subjective view of the coloration of the hour markers. Do you have a handset? Unless I am missing something that watch is probably just for parts value, maybe a couple thousand dollars. And the polished crown guards don’t help.
 
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Yes watch is complete. That time I didn't have the pic as it was with watchmaker. Here it is. It hasn't been polished. Neither the crown guard.

I thought I was sitting on a treasure, give some Chrono listings which seemed much like this only (screenshots attached.)

Can the forum guide me on the difference between mine and the ones for which others are asking a lot on Chrono?

If permitted to ask, can a ballpark figure can be given?

 
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The watches in the second and third pictures you posted are examples of a gilt dial with a chapter ring at the minute track. No idea why the seller of the third one is asking what would seem to be 5x or so of [my view of the] market price. Your watch likely has had the hands relumed, and the mismatched colors of the dial and hands would also hurt the value. Your dial may also be showing some damage. I am not up on the values of 7928's but my guess is that if you posted it here for sale you might get $3-4,000 US for it, but a lot of collectors would give it a hard pass even at those numbers. JMHO. So you do have something valuable, but to me the values that you mention are a dream.
 
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Thank you for your considered view. That's a dampner for sure! But such is life!