{"id":2070,"date":"2018-07-26T09:13:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T09:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swisswatchexpo.com\/TheWatchClub\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2022-10-29T09:29:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T09:29:34","slug":"tudor-the-watch-brand-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swisswatchexpo.com\/thewatchclub\/2018\/07\/26\/tudor-the-watch-brand-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Tudor: The Watch Brand You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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If you\u2019re currently into the watch scene, you would notice that Tudor is gaining a surge in popularity \u2013 and with good reason. The brand has always been known as Rolex\u2019s little brother (more on that later), but it has long proven itself as a forward-thinking watch brand.
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Get to know Tudor through a bit of its history and it\u2019s very best models:<\/div>\n
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The Rolex Connection<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tudor was founded by the same visionary that created Rolex \u2013 Hans Wilsdorf.<\/p>\n

The name Tudor was registered under Wilsdorf as early as 1926; but\u00a0their first watches, Art Deco-type in design, first hit the market in 1932. It wasn\u2019t until 1946 that Wilsdorf created Montres Tudor S.A.\u00a0with a clear vision: to offer the same quality of Rolex watches, at more modest prices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hans Wilsdorf bestowed upon Tudor two of Rolex’s exclusive and most-important elements – the Oyster case and the self-winding movement.<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Wilsdorf was bent on meeting this vision, that he bestowed two very important elements of the Rolex brand to Tudor \u2013 the Oyster case and the self-winding ‘rotor’ movement.<\/p>\n

Many of the watches they have released until the turn of the century \u2013 such as the Tudor Submariner<\/a> – were actually indistinguishable aside from the logo. The\u00a0only difference is that Tudor ran on movements from renowned Swiss movement manufacturer ETA SA, while Rolex ran\u00a0on in-house movements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tudor Comes Into Its Own<\/strong><\/span>
\nMany people still think of Tudor as simply Rolex\u2019s less-expensive counterpart; but Tudor has its own achievements.<\/div>\n
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