Tudor Submariner 94010 Hybrid RCN Letter 1978

Tudor Submariner 94010, 'Hybrid' RCN (Royal Canadian Navy), Letter of Provenance, Patches, Diving Knife
Serial: 888896
Circa: 1978
Reference: 94010

DIAL: Black matte dial with round hour markers and triangular market at 12. Silver ‘snowflake’ hands.

CASE: 40mm, strainless steel case with black rotating diver bezel. Glass in acrylic

MOVEMENT: ETA 2776, 17 jewels, automatic

BRACELET: Nylon NATO

CONDITION REPORT: Overall stunning and beautifully preserved condition. All original and untouched, the movement was fully overhauled in 2024 and the crystal was replaced by a TrueDome, with original crystal kept on the side.

NOTES: This watch comes with a letter of provenance from the original owner, Petty Officer First Class Jordan A Walsh, Canadian Navy Clearance Diver as well as his biography, it also comes with a dozen naval patches and pins and an Aqualung diving knife.

Following thorough research by the collector community, most notably Paul Russel and Ross Povey, these so-called 'Hybrid' configuration Tudor MilSubs have been predominantly attributed as Royal Canadian Navy issued watches. These 94010 Tudor Submariners are within a known serial batch (88xxxx-89xxxxx), have snowflake hands, but with the particularity of the round index shield dial instead of the square index dials usually found with snowflake hands. Most of these were thought to have been issued to the RCN.