Tudor Princess

[chinaski]

I don't know if I should post this here, or the Vintage forum, so moderators you can move it if you wish...


Thinking about picking up a Tudor Princess for the Spousal Unit. She isn't a watch person at all, but figure it would be a nice gesture from me and perhaps get her interested in watches.

Call me selfish, but I don't want to spend a mint on a watch that will most likely see little use, so a preowned Tudor will fit the bill methinks.

Concern is the movements in these watches, and what I should look for. I know some Tudors used A.Schild movements and there are service issues with those?

I want something that is gonna be a workhorse and reliable as she's hard on things.

Side note, I bought her a nice Tissot when we got married that I am taking to my local watchmaker for a service today.

[JTL31]

Originally Posted by chinaski

...Thinking about picking up a Tudor Princess for the Spousal Unit. She isn't a watch person at all, but figure it would be a nice gesture from me and perhaps get her interested in watches.

Call me selfish, but I don't want to spend a mint on a watch that will most likely see little use....

You sound an awful lot like me, so take this response as well intended. Purchase her something she’ll truly enjoy instead! As much as we WIS want & hope for others to share our passion, sometimes we are wasting our time & money. I know through personal experience... My nice gestures for my daughter have proven to be just that...well intended but off the mark.

[Onikage]

She's probably not going to appreciate a Tudor buddy. Get her diamonds.

[Vetracer]

I had the same predicament with my wife. She already has diamond earrings and a couple of diamond necklaces. I don’t see the point in buying her more diamonds as they have terrible value retention.

I bought her a pre-owned Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso first to see how she’d take to watches.

She loved it so much so her next big present a couple of years later was a new 31mm Datejust with fluted bezel.