Rolex Tudor Oyster Prince redial and restoration!

[efram12]

Hello everybody, after a few years I decided to rejoin the watch obsession.
In 2018, my father gifted to me a Tudor watch. I knew nothing about it, and in this forum I learned that was a Tudor Oyster Prince, ref. 7995, Tudor Caliber 2483 (not sure about the mechanism). Sadly, it was redialed. And that is what I wanna do.

My question is, how can I found the original design?
And in that case, should I take to a watchmaking and tell him to redial it?
Or should I buy a new dial? taking into consideration that it's a watch from 1965-1969

Any response would be helpful. I'll leave the photos attached on Drive. 

Thank you everybody and greetings from Argentina!

drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wfHSUTvtGsUz75JvG6Qx-aId04B4vaGR?usp=sharing

[Baco Noir]

Welcome to the forum. That's a hard call. It was gifted by your father with the redial and getting a replacement dial that is period correct may be hard to do. If you send it to Rolex for service, they will replace it with a modern dial, which may not be desirable. I'd just get it serviced and keep it with the knowledge it was your dad's and preserve it as is, then focus on other watch collecting.

Roger

[efram12]

Jun 29, 2021 12:48:39 GMT -6 Baco Noir said:

Welcome to the forum. That's a hard call. It was gifted by your father with the redial and getting a replacement dial that is period correct may be hard to do. If you send it to Rolex for service, they will replace it with a modern dial, which may not be desirable. I'd just get it serviced and keep it with the knowledge it was your dad's and preserve it as is, then focus on other watch collecting.

Roger

Thank you very much for the advise! I have just seen the serial number and it's 535XXX.

[Baco Noir]

Jun 29, 2021 13:23:24 GMT -6 efram12 said:

Jun 29, 2021 12:48:39 GMT -6 Baco Noir said:

Welcome to the forum. That's a hard call. It was gifted by your father with the redial and getting a replacement dial that is period correct may be hard to do. If you send it to Rolex for service, they will replace it with a modern dial, which may not be desirable. I'd just get it serviced and keep it with the knowledge it was your dad's and preserve it as is, then focus on other watch collecting.

Roger

Thank you very much for the advise! I have just seen the serial number and it's 535XXX.

That serial number would date the watch to somewhere around 1965 to 1966.

[efram12]

Jun 30, 2021 8:27:48 GMT -6 Baco Noir said:

Jun 29, 2021 13:23:24 GMT -6 efram12 said:

Thank you very much for the advise! I have just seen the serial number and it's 535XXX.

That serial number would date the watch to somewhere around 1965 to 1966.

Exactly. That leads me to know that the logo is the one with the rose. Am I right?

[Baco Noir]

Jun 30, 2021 9:52:26 GMT -6 efram12 said:

Jun 30, 2021 8:27:48 GMT -6 Baco Noir said:

That serial number would date the watch to somewhere around 1965 to 1966.

Exactly. That leads me to know that the logo is the one with the rose. Am I right?

I believe you are correct but I’m not a vintage expert.

[priamo]

If those hands are original the original dial may have looked like this. Have no idea where a dial like this could be sourced. I suspect the dial with your watch is a replacement dial.

[efram12]

Jun 30, 2021 21:22:08 GMT -6 priamo said:

If those hands are original the original dial may have looked like this. Have no idea where a dial like this could be sourced. I suspect the dial with your watch is a replacement dial.

And where could I buy a replacement dial like that one? It's beautiful!

[priamo]

I have no idea. Keep us posted if you have success in your search for the Tudor dial you desire. You can ask this company for advice. www.krdial.com/ You can also search Chrono24, Ebay, Google, etc. for "Tudor dial".

[aerome]

Welcome back to time. I would have it serviced by an independent watchmaker so that you may enjoy it. Meanwhile you can take your time and search for a proper new dial around the watch forums. Good luck.