{"id":7771,"date":"2016-01-11T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T18:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/?p=7771"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:06:32","slug":"tudor-7924-submariner-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/tudor\/tudor-7924-submariner-review.html","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Tudor 7924 Submariner: The Ultimate Collector&#8217;s Dive Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Tudor Sub &#8220;Big Crown&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tudor&#8217;s first diving watch was the Oyster Prince Submariner reference 7922 making its debut in 1954, offering wearers a reliable and robust waterproof stainless steel watch at a great value proposition. The Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7924 surfaced to the scene four years later in 1958, joining the brand&#8217;s collection of dive watches. As reliable as Rolex dive watches, yet sold at a lower price point, Tudor was the go-to brand for several Navy Armed Forces, including the French and U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to its large 8mm &#8220;Brevet&#8221; screw-down crown with the Rolex logo and lack of crown guards, the Tudor Submariner 7924 is often referred to as a &#8220;big crown&#8221; model, just like the famous Rolex Submariner 6538, also known as the &#8220;James Bond&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7772\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7772 size-full\" title=\"This watch is a vintage timepiece with a perfectly aged patina.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tudor-Submariner-7924.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage Tudor 7924\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tudor-Submariner-7924.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tudor-Submariner-7924-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7924 was the go-to brand for the French and the US. Navy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Tudor Sub ref. 7924 was equipped with several improvements over its predecessors &#8211; ref. 7922 and ref. 7923. Its 37mm stainless steel Oyster case was fixed with a domed Plexi crystal that was thicker than the previous models to withstand more underwater pressure. Another big enhancement to the Tudor 7924 was its increased waterproofness &#8211; resistant to a depth of 660 feet (200 meters) rather than 330 feet (100 meters). The Tudor Sub watches are outfitted with the iconic stainless steel flat three-piece Rolex Oyster bracelet with the Rolex signature stamp. The 37mm size would later be augmented to 39mm in future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/tudor\/submariner-1.html\">Tudor Submariner<\/a>\u00a0references.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7773\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7773 size-full\" title=\"Note that this Vintage Tudor 7924 does not have any crown guards.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tudor-Submariner-7924-crown.jpg\" alt=\"Tudor Submariner 7924\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tudor-Submariner-7924-crown.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tudor-Submariner-7924-crown-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here is the crown of the Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7924<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Being a dive watch, the 7924 came equipped with all the necessary features to facilitate an underwater journey, such as the unidirectional diver&#8217;s bezel calibrated for 60 units. The black dial includes large luminescent hour markers and luminescent Mercedes hands for greater legibility within the darkness of subaquatic environments. The black bezel also included a luminescent dot at the center of the red triangle at the 12 o&#8217;clock position.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7774\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7774 size-full\" title=\"Tudor Ref. No 7924 comes with everything an underwater soldier needs.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SS-Tudor-Submariner-7924.jpg\" alt=\"Tudor Ref. No 7924\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SS-Tudor-Submariner-7924.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SS-Tudor-Submariner-7924-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7924 includes large luminescent hour markers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aesthetically speaking, the Tudor Submariner is very similar to the Rolex Submariner, but at the core of the Tudor 7924 is the 17-jewel Caliber 390 mechanical movement with the Tudor Auto-Prince self-winding rotor \u2013 a movement that was created by Rolex for Tudor in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7776\" style=\"width: 753px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7776 size-full\" title=\"Tudor Submariner Reference 7924 is very similar to the Rolex Submariner.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SS-Tudor-Submariner-7924-dial.jpg\" alt=\"Tudor Submariner Reference 7924\" width=\"753\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SS-Tudor-Submariner-7924-dial.jpg 753w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SS-Tudor-Submariner-7924-dial-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7924 as close similarities to the Rolex Submariner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first several models of the Tudor Submariner were considered experimental where the brand would revise and redesign the watches in accordance to the feedback they would get from the divers using them. Interestingly, references 7922, 7923, 7924 and 7925 were not even included in the Tudor general catalog. Only the last reference in the 7900 series, ref. 7928,\u00a0which was launched in 1960, made an appearance in the catalog and actually set many of the design codes of future Tudor Submariner watches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7778\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Stainless-steel-Tudor-Submariner-7924.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7778\" title=\"Oyster Prince Submariner 7924 Watch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Stainless-steel-Tudor-Submariner-7924.jpg\" alt=\"Oyster Prince Submariner 7924 Watch\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Stainless-steel-Tudor-Submariner-7924.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Stainless-steel-Tudor-Submariner-7924-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7924 was launched in the 60&#8217;s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2014 a Tudor 7924 sold at the Christie&#8217;s Important Watches auction in Geneva, Switzerland, for an incredible $35,000 \u2013 well over its initial estimate of $8,000 &#8211; $10,000, illustrating its popularity among vintage watch collectors. A remarkable dive watch\u00a0with an interesting 60-year-old history, the Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7924 is a standout member of the brand&#8217;s archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tudor&#8217;s first diving watch was the Oyster Prince Submariner reference 7922 making its debut in 1954, offering wearers a reliable and robust waterproof stainless steel watch at a great value proposition. The Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7924 surfaced to the scene four years later in 1958, joining the brand&#8217;s collection of dive watches. As reliable as Rolex dive watches, yet sold at a lower price point, Tudor was the go-to brand for several Navy Armed Forces, including the French and U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2367],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[2286],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vintage Tudor 7924 Submariner: Ultimate Collector&#039;s Dive Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is a Vintage Tudor 7924 that may remind you of another watch. Here is a hint for you: No Crown Guards. 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