This Watch

Pleased to offer a rarer 1960 Tudor Royal 9ct Gold with beautifully ages original dial. Fully manual Mechanical winding, with a curvaceous  32mm round 9ct yellow gold Rolex signed case with tapered lugs, and a lug-to-lug length of 40mm and a thickness of 9mm ensures a comfortable fit on your wrist. Rolex actually used the very same case only reconfirming the Connection Between Rolex and Tudor .On the right side, a simple neat winder. The slim polished bezel holds a domed crystal above a stunningly simple original dial. An outer minute track with gilt facet bar hour markers. Gilt lance hands are complemented by a fine tapered sweeping center seconds hand. Text on the dial is precisely printed; at 12 o’clock, we have the Tudor Rose motif “Royal” underneath and at 6 o’clock “Shock-resisting”. On the reverse, an un-engraved case back. Inside a manually wound Tudor finished Eta based 17 jewels movement. It comes paired with a well-suited & Period Excalibur English made Rolled Gold expandable bracelet which does not only match in age and colour but in my opinion is one of the most comfortable and well made bracelets of it time. The Bracelet can me swapped out for a leather strap on request.

The history of the Excalibur bracelet is a story of mid-century British innovation.Founded in 1949 by Henry Showell Ltd in Aston, Birmingham, the company officially registered the "Excalibur" trademark in 1953.The brand became famous for its expanding metal watch bracelets. These were crafted from solid gold, rolled gold, and stainless steel.Excalibur bracelets were highly prized for their comfort and advanced, patented link designs.By 1957, the company began importing Swiss movements to create complete Excalibur watches, housing them in British-made cases.Today, these bracelets remain celebrated icons of classic British jewellery engineering.

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Extra Points 

Just after the Second World War, Hans Wilsdorf, founder of Rolex, knew that the time had come to expand and give the Tudor brand a true identity of its own.  He created the “Montres TUDOR S.A.” company on the 6th March 1946, specialising in models for men and women.  Rolex guaranteed the technical, aesthetic, and functional characteristics, along with the distribution and after-sales service.

In 1947 Tudor introduced the Oyster, their first waterproof watch, building on the success of the Rolex Oyster of the same period.  In 1952, 26 Tudor Oyster Prince watches were included in the British scientific expedition to Greenland, organised by the Royal Navy and sponsored by The Queen.  This showed the world how robust Tudor Oyster watches were.

This watch comes fully serviced by our on-site workshop and with a 12 month, non-waterproof service cover.