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\r\nThe Tudor<\/strong> watch brand was founded in 1926<\/strong> by Hans Wilsdorf<\/strong>, founder of Rolex<\/strong>. Wilsdorf<\/strong> aimed at offering watches as reliable as a Rolex<\/strong> watch but offered at a lower price. We can affirm that the Tudor<\/strong> brand's creation represents the first real brands' segmentation experiment; this practice is today spread across different industries, including watchmaking as well as, for example, the automotive industry).<\/p>\r\n Back then, the company \"Veuve de Philippe H\u00fcther\"<\/em> registered and trademarked \"The TUDOR\"<\/em> on behalf of Mr. Hans Wilsdorf<\/strong>. He later acquired the exclusive ownership once he moved from England<\/strong> to Geneva<\/strong> in 1936<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n[read more]<\/strong>\r\n After the acquisition, the logo, initially characterized by the name TUDOR<\/strong> written in capital letters and with elongated \"T\" letter, turned to a new one featuring a rose inside a shield. The rose is a re-designed variant of the Royal House of Tudors<\/strong>' logo. The new logo symbolized strength and grace, hence product sturdiness and sleek design. The shield disappeared from the watch brand logo as of 1947<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The international development of the brand began after the end of the Second World War. Back then, Tudor<\/strong> watches began creating new timepieces and explore markets while relying on Rolex<\/strong>'s know-how, brand awareness, and sales network. In the following years, the Rolex<\/strong> logo will frequently be associated with Tudor<\/strong> watches before the brand could finally become a fully independent brand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n As the name suggests, Tudor<\/strong> introduces a timepiece that confirms Wilsdorf<\/strong>'s commitment to providing any new Tudor<\/strong> watch with Rolex<\/strong>'s technology. The original Tudor Oyster Prince<\/strong> features a waterproof Oyster<\/strong> case and the patented\u00a0 Perpetual<\/strong> winding mechanism too.<\/p>\r\n The advertising campaign proves how the brand communication strategy is different from Rolex<\/strong>'s. Tudor<\/strong> focuses on quality to price ratio, precision, and sturdiness; these features are the brand's pillars nowadays too.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The Tudor Oyster Prince Ranger<\/strong> dates back to the early 1960s and, the reference 7995<\/strong>\/0<\/strong>, for example, houses an ETA 2483<\/strong> caliber. In the 1960s, Tudor<\/strong> watches gradually turned to ETA<\/strong> to power current and new models, including various Tudor Submariners<\/strong> moving forward.<\/p>\r\n The 1967<\/strong> variant displayed on Tudor<\/strong>'s official website combines the ETA 2483<\/strong> with the Oyster<\/strong> case and bracelet with rivets and safety clasp. This timepiece showcases another distinctive feature: the trademark curved \"Self-winding<\/em>\" wording as with all the three-hands wristwatches.<\/p>\r\n In 2014<\/strong> the brand re-issued the Ranger<\/strong><\/a> offering a more contemporary 41mm<\/strong> case size in replacement of the original 34mm<\/strong>, powered by a modern automatic ETA movement<\/strong> and adopting a \"Bund leather strap\"<\/em> with folding clasp. A replacement camouflage strap with pin buckle came as standard. The new Ranger<\/strong> later came with Oyster<\/strong> steel bracelet too; nowadays, the Tudor Ranger<\/strong> has been phased out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n In 1954<\/strong>, Tudor<\/strong> presented its first diving watch: the Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7922<\/strong>. The former and the Tudor reference 7924<\/strong> introduced in 1958<\/strong>, also known as the \"Big Crown,\"<\/em> were the inspiration for today's Tudor<\/strong> Black Bay<\/strong>. Both models share the same layout, featuring an Oyster<\/strong> case, but the 7924<\/strong> was designed to resist up to 200 meters<\/strong> instead of the original 100 meters<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n They also shared the Mercedes-style hands replaced with snowflake hands afterward. Between the two references, the brand introduced the Tudor reference 7923<\/strong>, powered by the hand-wound ETA 1182<\/strong> caliber, thus being the only hand-wound Tudor<\/strong> Submariner<\/strong> ever. The case size is 37mm<\/strong> across, with the difference that the \"Big Crown\"<\/em> sported an oversized winding crown. The photo above, courtesy of Heritage Auctions<\/strong>, shows a variant with a \"Gilt Dial\"<\/em> and red triangle at twelve. The Big Crown<\/strong> is hard to find as it was produced for a single year.<\/p>\r\n With the Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner 7928<\/strong> (above is a piece sold by Antiquorum in 2019 for around 69,000 Swiss Francs) from 1959<\/strong>, the protectors around the crown appeared for the first time. This reference also reveals how close was the relationship between Tudor<\/strong> and Rolex<\/strong> from a design perspective. The steel case grew to 39mm<\/strong> in diameter. The Tudor Square Crown Guards<\/strong>, as collectors nickname it, is waterproof and adopts the Tudor 390 caliber<\/strong>, used across all the Tudor 7900 <\/strong>series, but also tested on some Tudor 7800<\/strong> series' references.<\/p>\r\n[\/read]","link":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/tudor\/","name":"Tudor","slug":"tudor","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe meaning of the Tudor logo<\/a><\/h2>\r\n
The development of Tudor watches<\/a><\/h2>\r\n
1952: Tudor introduces the Oyster Prince<\/a><\/h2>\r\n
1960: Tudor Oyster Prince Ranger<\/a><\/h2>\r\n
1954 - 1999: the Tudor Submariner saga<\/a><\/h2>\r\n