Tudor Pelagos

[HeadCoach]

What is the Tudor brand? Is it related to Rolex? Is it a high quality brand?? I’ve seen some of their watches and some I like (like the Blue Pelagos) and some I really don’t like at all.

Sorry if this is a dumb question


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[dxbtousa]

Montres TUDOR SA is a Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches based in Geneva. Registered in 1926 at the request of Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex SA, the brand remains a sister company to Rolex, both companies being owned by the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation.

Pelegos is a great watch, can confirm.

[slus]

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthre...ighlight=tudor

Check out Padi's post, 3rd one down. This comes up often and can pretty much be summed up as: Tudors are great watches. Tudors are not Rolex watches.

[214270Explorer]

Tudor was a sister-Rolex company founded by the same person, Hans Wilsdorf.

It is a lower-cost line, as it was intended. It is a VERY high quality product !!!

Today's Tudor quality is almost on a par with Rolex. In fact, the Tudor Pelagos line would seem to be a more 'updated' item when you compare it with the Rolex Submariner.

[slus]

Originally Posted by 214270Explorer

In fact, the Tudor Pelagos line would seem to be a more 'updated' item when you compare it with the Rolex Submariner.

True. If there was no pedigree or history involved, and Rolex sat down to make a clean sheet design of a dive watch with modern materials and technology, I bet it would look more like the Pelagos than the current Submariner. But when you buy a Rolex, that legacy attached to the brand is part of what you are buying.

[kieselguhr]

Originally Posted by slus

Check out Padi's post, 3rd one down. This comes up often and can pretty much be summed up as: Tudors are great watches. Tudors are not Rolex watches.

Here’s the quote from that thread.

Originally Posted by padi56

Is Tudor a poor mans watch most definitely not the Tudor line go back to the 1920s then mainly sold in Canada and Europe, Rolex or Tudor watches were not sold then in the USA,it was very much later the the Rolex brand arrived for sale in the USA.Hans Wilsdorf from the RWC first opened Tudor watch to world wide production in 1946. And one of the main reasons why he chose the brand name Tudor, was that he wanted to pay tribute to the Tudor history period of old England.

The Tudor line prior to around 1990 was all Rolex except for movement,Tudor watches are made by Rolex. The major difference between a Tudor and a Rolex is that Rolex contracted the manufacturing of the movement out to a 3rd party manufacturer (ETA in 95% of them) but now some modern day Tudors do have a in-house made movement. Much like Rolex did with there chrongraphs before 2000 they used ETA Valjoux and Zenith movements. The ETA ebauche movements were made to Rolex's specifications and signed Tudor. This movement was then sent to Rolex where it was assembled into a watch with all Rolex remaining parts (Rolex case, bezel, strap or bracelet,dial, crystal and crown, seals, etc.). These parts are the same parts used in the Rolex line of watches up till around 1990. The older Tudor movements were high grade 17, 21, 25, or 26 jewel Automatic or Manual chronometer grade movements which when correctly cleaned, timed, and oiled, will keep time almost as well as any normal Rolex.Tudor now have many new models with many now with in-house made movements,and in many ways released more real new models than Rolex

The case screw backs were engraved original oyster case by Rolex,on all the oyster models.In the gold or TT models Tudor uses genuine solid gold Rolex bezels and crown caps, but their bracelets are normally only gold filled,to reduce the cost while Rolex uses solid gold in their bracelets.The French Navy (among others) opted for the Tudor Submariner,instead of the Rolex Sub,the French Navy demanded rigorous testing and tested several brands These watches were tested to carefully calibrated abusive tests in an attempt to destroy them to see how much abuse it could take before losing accuracy or malfunctioning .After testing they choose the Tudor and the only thing the French navy didn't order was the Oyster bracelet.They chose a nylon strap because it would be much more easy to change,and easily replaced if broken.And today the only step down in quality with Tudor watches in general is the price.The the main difference between a Rolex Sub and say a Tudor Sub is they used a top range Chronometer grade ETA a first class all in-house built movement but not Rolex made,and in watches like the Tudor Prince they used a light Oyster bracelet, on Subs they used the heavy Oyster bracelet.Now today the Tudor line has quite a long high heritage with Hans Wilsdorf the founder of Rolex.

In today's market quite a few vintage Tudor watches command higher prices than there Rolex brothers same could be said for Rolex, many of the most collectable Rolex don't have a Rolex made movement but ones from ETA Valjoux and Zenith .The Tudor line are still made in the same now highly automated factory as Rolex,Tudor are still a very important part of the Rolex history and are great watches in there own right.