1981 Tudor Prince Date + Day Automatic 35mm on Bracelet 94500
Ref: 94500

Name: 1981 Tudor Prince Date + Day Automatic 35mm on Bracelet 94500
Brand: Tudor
SKU: 94500
Price: 2195.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

Regular price: £2,195.00
Sale price: £2,195.00
Unit price: per

Specification

Reference : 94500

Movement : Automatic ETA Cal. 2834-2

Age : 1981/1990

Specific Age : Circa. 1981

Case Size : 35mm

Case Thickness : 10mm

Lug to Lug : 44mm
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : None
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty

The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

Points of Mention

This watch is sold “Watch Only” with no Tudor paperwork, and no box present. It comes paired with a rare full-sized polished and brushed 20mm Rolex signed, folded link, 6251 H bracelet with a Tudor signed folding clasp fitted. The watch is from Circa. 1981 and is sold in worn condition, but overall it is in very fair condition for its age, with Tudor service-replaced Luminova dial and hands. The watch comes with our 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty.

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The Watch

Here we have a 1981 Tudor Prince Date and Day Automatic on a Bracelet, Model 94500. It's a 35mm Rolex Oyster case that gently curves over your wrist with drilled lugs, a lug-to-lug length of 44mm and a thickness of 10mm, ensuring a comfortable fit on your wrist. Brushed and polished surfaces transition with elegant lines. On the right side, there is a Rolex-signed screw-down crown. A smooth bezel holds a flat crystal above a sunburst silver dial, an outer minute track is precisely executed with service-replaced Luminova pips at the hour mark, and at 12 o’clock, a day crescent with a date window at 3 o’clock complete with a cyclops magnification. Applied baton indexes mark the hours, slender baton hands with Service replaced Luminova fill are complemented by a tapered sweeping seconds hand, and an applied Tudor shield at 12 o’clock with “Tudor Oyster Prince Date-Day” printed underneath. At 6 o’clock “, Rotor Self-Winding” completes this versatile timepiece. On the reverse, a Rolex coin-edged screw-down Oyster case back, inside an automatic ETA 2834-2, 25 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour. It comes paired with a rare, full-sized polished and brushed 20mm Rolex-signed, folded-link 6251h bracelet and a Tudor-signed folding clasp.

Personal Note

I am always keen to get these wonderful Tudor Date + Days in stock when I can, especially when they are as good as this one, as they offer unrivalled value in the world of Tudor and Rolex. This reference 94500 comes in a fantastic 35mm case with a smooth bezel, classic silver dial and paired with a rarely seen folded link Rolex 6251 H bracelet with a Tudor folding clasp, it came to us like this, so we have left it as such, but a nice bonus for sure. I would not hesitate to add this great example to your collection today, whilst you can!

The Brand

Swiss watchmaking company “Veuve de Philippe Hüther”, on behalf of Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex watches, first registered in 1926 the Tudor trademark. Wilsdorf took it over himself in 1936. Soon after the Second World War, Hans Wilsdorf, who founded Rolex, knew that it was time for Tudor to have a proper identity of its own. The Tudor Rose started to appear on their dials from this moment. On 6 March 1946, he created the “Montres TUDOR S.A.” company, creating watches for both men and women. Rolex guaranteed the overall design aesthetic, as well as distribution and after-sales service. In 1948, we saw the first Tudor-specific advertisement. A few years later, they introduced the TUDOR Oyster Prince in 1952. Hans Wilsdorf allowed Tudor to use their waterproof Oyster case and the original self-winding Perpetual ’rotor’ movement. This was an exclusive arrangement that benefited both brands. Development soon commenced with the introduction of the TUDOR Oyster Prince Submariner, reference 7922, in 1954. This watch was quickly adopted by the French Navy in 1956. Building on its reputation for robustness in 1961, the Rose was replaced by the shield. Later in 1969, we saw the design changes in Ref. 7016, where for the first time square indexes and angular hands nicknamed “Snowflake” allowed for a greater amount of lume to be applied; this was appreciated by the divers of the French Navy. Today, these innovations can be seen in the Black Bay and Pelagos collections. In 1971, Tudor introduced the Oysterdate chronographs nicknamed “Monte-Carlo” due to it resembling a roulette wheel. Celebrating their 50th anniversary in 1996. In that same year, Tudor decided to shed Rolex-signed components such as the cases, crowns and bracelets in favour of Tudor-branded ones. Today, Tudor uses their in-house movements developed initially in 2015 in collaboration with Breitling.

1981 Tudor Prince Date + Day Automatic 35mm on Bracelet 94500 Ref: 94500