1926 registered a trademark named "The Tudor", and it was not registered by Mr. Hans Wilsdorf, but a watchmaker named "Veuve de Philippe Hüther" (also a watchmaker, but the level and output may not be so good). After this company, whose main business is watch dealers, registered the brand, Mr. Wilsdorf obtained the exclusive right to use their home. So the first person to register Tudor trademark was not Mr. Hans Wilsdorf.
The first Tudor products were sold to Australia. At that time, the brand Logo was spelled with the letter "Tudor", but the horizontal line at the top of the "T" was very long, covering the four letters "udor" with the same capitalization, but the font size was much smaller. I don't know if it's business depression or other reasons. 1936, that is, 10 year after the brand registration, the dealer officially transferred the Tudor brand to Mr. Hans Wilsdorf. From then on, Tudor became the concept we are talking about today: Rolex deck. And the Logo spelling the letter "TUDOR" ends here, in exchange for a rose pattern that we are all familiar with. It was wrapped in a shield.
The top horizontal line of the old Tudor logo: "T" is very long, which covers the letter "udor" which is also capitalized at the back, but the font is much smaller.
But it can't be said that Mr. Wilsdorf just picked up a bargain. In fact, "Tudor" is just a trademark, not a real watchmaking company. So1on March 6th, 946, a company named Montres TUDOR S.A, which was really founded by Mr Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex, was established in Geneva. At this point, the Tudor trademark registered by the dealer became a watchmaking enterprise and began to be a low-cost supplement to the Rolex brand. So Tudor and Rolex came together in such a complicated way.
Roses surrounded by Tudor shields
At this point, briefly explain the relationship and evolution process between Tudor and Rolex founder. Therefore, if we want to talk about BB series (Tudor inherits Black Bay series), we should start with Tudor's diving watch. Generally speaking, the history of brand making diving watches is divided into two stages, the first stage is 1954 to 1968, and the second stage is 1969 to 1999. Many classic watches in these two historical periods laid the foundation for the BB series we see today. As for what? I also buried a foreshadowing here. Look carefully before you know.
1954, a Tudor diving watch also called Submariner was born. The model is 7922. In Tudor's official manual, it also has a full name called: Oyster Prince Submariner. If you are familiar with Rolex, you will understand that oysters, oyster waterproof structure, princes are often used by Tudor and little princes-does it mean that Rolex is the big prince? The shape of this 7922 looks really too Rolex. If you use a very small picture to guess the watch, I believe many people will think it is a Rolex blackwater ghost.
Waterproof depth 100 m, black one-way rotating outer ring, and most importantly, the usage of Mercedes-Benz pointer is exactly the same as Rolex. Basically, the movement is simply equipped with some. One year after 7922 was born, 7923 appeared. 7922 and 7923 can be said to be a natural couple, but they are not exactly the same. The biggest difference is that this watch is very thin. Why? Because it actually uses a manual winding movement, which comes from ETA 1 182, the lock handle structure of the diving watch actually uses manual operation, which is quite thoughtful.
In addition, the Mercedes-Benz needle disappeared and became an ordinary sharp straight line. Other parts have not changed much. The key point here is that a few years later, 1958, a diving watch named Prince Oyster's Grand Crown was born, model 7924. Why do you say that? Because of the big crown! It has a huge handle with a diameter of 8 mm! Even if it is completely locked, there will still be a small protrusion. At this point, do you understand why it is the key?
Tudor Oyster Prince Submarines 7922, 7923
Tudor 7924
Because the big head element of this big crown is re-carved by BB!
Subsequently, in 1959, the square crown defender 7928 with shoulder pads and the tropical 7928 in 1964 upgraded the appearance of Tudor diving watches again. However, these two did not bring any inspiration to BB series, which can only be said to be the product of the normal evolution of watchcases. The only thing to say is that the name "classical" was added by collectors later, but it didn't exist at that time. The main reason for adding it is that the dial scale is discolored due to the lack of advanced spraying materials in the past. As we all know, collectors love the discoloration caused by this quality problem-this is beside the point, so let's not talk about it.