Wartime conditions were the reason why the watch did not appear in 1940, when it had been conceived. Mare Nostrum, the first chronograph ever made by the company, was intended for deck officers. However,Richard Mille Replica Watches events, including Italy's surrender, likely led to its premature death. Reissued in 42mm, the drawings were based on those found in the few Florence archives that survived the flood of 1966.

The identification was Ref. 5218-301/A. The hefty case had two pushers and a manual wound ETA 2801 watch movement. It also featured a distinctive dial with two subdials. Paneristi argue that production numbers for pre-Richemont Tudor Replica Watchess are fluid, like the sea.

Tudor Replica Watches had the freedom to work from drawings, rather than reissuing models after a rediscovered prototype. The first-generation Mare Nostrums were available with dark blue dials or black and white bezels. At least two styles of bezels - engraved and slick - have been identified. But the Sylvester Stallone models,rolex day date replica with Slytech on the dial and caseback, are what make collectors swoon. As a standard, the most common Mare Nostrum had a dark blue dial with an engraved tachymeter ring marked in kilometers.

The value of pre-Richemont Mare Nostrum varies, just as it does for the 21st Century reissues. Mine was purchased in Milan in 1997 for an astronomical PS900. One of my best watch purchases ....