2022 Tudor Royal Automatic Date Black Dial 28500
Ref: 28500
Specification
Lugs : 23mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : Manufacturer Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Tudor Box & Paperwork. The watch comes paired with its original Tudor 23mm integrated polished and brushed stainless steel bracelet with a signed folding clasp and safety catch, all links included. The watch is from May 2022 and is sold in worn condition, but as you can see, it is in very good condition. The watch comes with its Manufacturer's Warranty.
The Watch
Here we have a 2022 Tudor Royal Automatic Date 28500 with a 38mm polished and satin-brushed stainless steel case, the gentle curve of the case leads to drilled lugs with a lug-to-lug length of 45mm and a case thickness of 10.5mm ensuring a comfortable fit on the wrist. On the right side, we have a signed screw-down crown. The bezel has an attractive alternating polished and grooved pattern holding a flat sapphire crystal above a sunburst black dial, and an outer minute track is precisely printed with applied Roman numeral indexes marking the hours. At 3 o’clock a framed date window. Chamfered-edged baton hands have luminance infill complemented by a tapered sweeping second hand. At 12 o’clock we have the Tudor motif completing this understated dress watch. On the reverse, a screw-down coin-edged case back, inside an automatic Tudor Cal. T601, 28,800 beats per hour, the movement has a base of either ETA 2824-2 or Sellita SW200-1. The bidirectional rotor makes this both accurate and efficient and it has hand winding and hacking for your convenience. The watch comes fitted on its 23mm Tudor integrated polished and brushed stainless steel bracelet with a signed folding clasp and safety catch and also comes with its Tudor presentation box and paperwork.
Personal Note
This is Tudor's answer to the Datejust of today and I think they've done a good job, the dial is clean and simple, and the design is intentional but still executed as you'd expect from Tudor. We've sold a few of the dial colours now, the Black is the most subtle and versatile in my opinion.
The Brand
The Tudor trademark was first registered in 1926 by the Swiss watchmaking company “Veuve de Philippe Hüther” on behalf of Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex watches. Wilsdorf took it over himself in 1936. 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 proper identity of its own. The Tudor Rose started to appear on their dials from this time. Thus, on 6 March 1946, he created the “Montres TUDOR S.A.” company, specialising in models for both men and women. Rolex guaranteed the technical, aesthetic and functional characteristics, along with the distribution and after-sales service. In 1948 we saw the first Tudor-specific advertising. 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 benefitted 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 their reputation of 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 their 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.