Military pattern 1950s military dive watches homages
Circle-T and 3-6-9 military dive dial conventions.
39 mm across1 homage
See the homage
How to recognise one
Six marks make the look. The count says whether the one homage keeps each one.
Black dive bezel
A black bezel with a triangle at 12 and a coin-edge grip, numbered every ten minutes.
Triangle at 12
A lumed triangle at 12 points to the centre of the dial.
Round hour plots
Large round lume plots mark most hours, with bars at 3, 6 and 9.
Snowflake hour hand
The hour hand ends in a square snowflake shape filled with lume.
Plain crown, no guards
An unguarded crown sits on the right of the case.
NATO strap
The one homage keeps it. A navy fabric strap threads under the case bars.
Each close-up covers about 12.5 mm of watch, using the listed case width and estimated photo edges.
The one homage
The only homage of the 1950s military dive watches on Bewrist so far.
WMT Royal Marine MilSpec
about £364 $485, seen 2 Oct39.5 mm
Closest look. Keeps 1 of the 6 marks of the 1950s military dive watches, more than any other homage here.
Original specifications
Sizes and specifications apply to the version named below. Other versions can differ.
7928Shown in the photograph
Assigned catalogue reference 7928. Vintage reference identity was matched by the explicit reference in the specialist listing/catalogue; dimensions describe reported examples and may vary with case condition.
| Specification | Value | Sources and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case width | 39 mm | Tudor Submariner ref. 7928 unpolished | Wind Vintage One cited source. Exact physical specimen listing gives 39 mm diameter. Sources differDirectly read sources report different values. The exact values remain separate and no averaging was applied.
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| Lug to lug | 47 mm | Tudor Submariner ref. 7928 unpolished | Wind Vintage One cited source. Exact physical specimen listing gives 47 mm lug-to-lug. |
| Thickness | 14.5 mm | Tudor Submariner 7928 listing | TimeAnagram One cited source. TimeAnagram gives this size for its specific final Mk7 listing; no second measurement was found. |
| Lug width | 20 mm | Tudor Submariner 7928 listing | TimeAnagram One cited source. TimeAnagram gives 20 mm for a specific final Mk7 example. |
| Movement calibre | Rolex 390 | Tudor Submariner 7928 listing | TimeAnagram One cited source. TimeAnagram identifies the movement on its specific final Mk7 example. |
| Lume | Not confirmed | Not established by the directly read reference listing. |
| Power reserve | Not confirmed | Not established by the directly read reference listing. |
| Weight | Not confirmed | Not established by the directly read reference listing. |
Sources and unconfirmed details
- Not established by the directly read reference listing.
- Not established by the directly read reference listing.
- Not established by the directly read reference listing.
- Tudor Submariner 7928 listing | TimeAnagram, read 2026-10-07
- Rolex Submariner 5512 collector guide | Wind Vintage, read 2026-10-07
- Tudor Submariner 7928 guide | Wind Vintage, read 2026-10-07
- Vintage Tudor Submariner 7928 review | The 1916 Company, read 2026-10-07
- Tudor Submariner ref. 7928 unpolished | Wind Vintage, read 2026-10-07
More about the 1950s military dive watches
Lay a homage over the 1950s military dive watchesAny of the 1, laid over the original at one scale
Lay the WMT Royal Marine MilSpec over the 1950s military dive watches
Slide to fade from one watch to the other and compare the case shapes. The figures below describe the version shown in the photograph.
391950s military dive watches
39.5WMT Royal Marine MilSpecPhotos use listed case widths and automatic case-edge readings. The readings have not been manually audited. Photo proportions stay unchanged. Perspective and lug length can differ.
1950s military dive watches photo: 7928. WMT Royal Marine MilSpec photo: dark teal 3 6 9 · green NATO.
7928, specifications and sources
| Measure | 1950s military dive watches | WMT Royal Marine MilSpec |
|---|---|---|
| Case width | 39 mm | 39.5 mm |
| Lug to lug | 47 mm | 47 mm |
| Thickness | 14.5 mm | 14.8 mm |
| Lug width | 20 mm | 20 mm |
| Movement | Rolex 390 | Miyota 8215 |
| Power reserve | Not listed yet | Not listed yet |
| Water | Not listed yet | Not listed yet |
| Price | Not tracked here | about £364 $485, seen 2 Oct |
Side view
Copies
- NATO strap
Not compared yet
Gives it away
No difference noted