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DEEP AND MEANINGFUL

he military Submariner, or MilSub to its friends, has a quiet and menacing presence on the wrist that few other watches can match. The vintage MilSub isn’t the biggest watch on the block, but it is the baddest, with each one having its own history in combat and a thousand tales to tell. However, unlike its Rolex cousin, the Tudor MilSub has no discernible markings on its face that give away its military past — it’s ultrastealth in an ‘if you know, you know’ kind of way. And also unlike Rolex (which were predominantly used by the British Ministry of Defence), Tudor Submariners were used by a large number

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