Tudor Rolex ID/Value?

[Cheese Mechanic]

Dear all,
Over at my ancient parents today . Conversation got onto his watch for some reason.

The watch in question, is a Tudor Rolex. My Mother bought it for Dad in 1951/2 for £25. (Hefty money then)

Its in good working order,perhaps needs a clean up. Serial numbers on the back cover, are: 695620 and under that , on its own 755.

Any idea of the model type..or even a potential value?

Best :-)

[Agoogy]

not too sure on value.... maybe in the region of £800-1000..... but where are you getting the serial numbers from?
Looking at mine also from that era (left to me by my grandad...) the only thing written on the back is "original oyster case by Rolex Geneva.
Any numbers appear on the strap...which I had replaced with a new one : 78350 and then 19 underneath...

[Cheese Mechanic]

Thanks for that. The serial numbers are off the bottom of the case (the bit that sits onto the wrist when worn.)The current strap (leather) is of a 3rd party manufacture (not Rolex/Tudor)

The serial numbers appear to be impressed into the case , and are the only things on it. No other text or numbers apparent.

The watch face, has the Tudor name and logo on it.

Sorry if my descriptions are a little clumsy , but watches are not my expertise :-)

[toohuge]

For the best possible valuation and to unlock some interesting facts, post some photographs of the watch in question. There are a lot of friendly knowledgeable guys both on this forum and other popular watch forums.

[Cheese Mechanic]

Yes, makes sense. I'll see if I can remember to take my camera when I'm over the parents place next time. Perhaps Sunday coming

[Cheese Mechanic]

Ok , Here we go.




Any commments welcome :-)

[Cheese Mechanic]

Nobody any input?

[andy_s]

You have to give the hive more time, to be honest at first glance it doesn't strike me as anything particualrly 'rare' or 'special', although it is, of course, both these things to you. It'll certainly have some place in history.
If you don't get an answer here in the next day or two I'll stick the pics up on a more vintage orientated site if you fancy?

[Cheese Mechanic]

By all means. To be sincere, what I stated in the OP is all I know. Its that simple.

I'm motivated by curiosity more than anything. If its rare it is, if not it isn't.

Be good to know the model or its provenance, maker wise, if poss.

Thanks

Edited by Cheese Mechanic on Tuesday 27th April 21:28

[andy_s]

The model number may be between the lugs on the case.
Also, the rose logo as opposed to the shield logo is interesting - from a collectable/desirability point of view.

I'll stick it up and see what happens.

[Cheese Mechanic]

Thanks, Yes, will be interesting to see what transpires.

Next time I'm over, I'll see if I can discern anything between the lugs.

Cheers :-)

[andy_s]

Well, nothing too earth shattering but it's a lovely watch by the way.

No model name as such, just a model number which'll be something like 5010.

The Tudor logo changed over time from the rose, rose surrounded by shield and finally just the shield. It's not clear when the transitions happened except for the final adoption of the Shield in (bugger - can't remember - '68 I think - I'll have to see on the other computer), but the 'rose' logo is a nice feature.

In '53 Tudor adopted the Oyster case into their range, yours just predates this change, although Tudor made non-Oysters after this date also.

Value - the concensus seems to be that £250-£300 is a realistic range.

I know the value is unimportant, but if it seems a bit low then it's just the market really - you can pick up a nice Tudor/Rolex 1950's watch for a few hundred quid - which is exactly what you have here.

If you're interested there's a downloadable catalogue from Tudor on their website which goes into the history a bit more.

HTH

(here's a good summary of the history of Tudor and some examples - there's a '53 watch pictured - http://www.interwatches.com/rolex-tudor-history )

Edited by andy_s on Friday 30th April 11:05

[Cheese Mechanic]

Thanks for all this, bit late getting back but needed to check the watch out for any other markings.

Fact is there are none. Only the numbers on the bottom of the case as I originally mentioned.

The links are interesting thanks, good to see some backround.

As for the value, well, its incidental really, but a great source of amusement to my old Dad, pulling Mum's leg that she should have bought 2!
At least it helps stop it being given away , or chucked out.

Thanks again. :-)

[TheFlyingBanana]

I would agree with Andy above - around £250 is right for one of these.

I am sure it is worth much more in sentimental value.

[Frank45]

I have bought this watch on the internet and would like if possible
some more info about it.