An elegant ladies Tudor cocktail watch in an 9k gold case, with matching bracelet.
HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?
From the hallmark on inside the case back movement we can date this watch to assayed in Chester in 1952, but the case back engraving to F K J for 1954 is the more obvious date when this watch would have been presented, for what appears to be a 25 year anniversary.
CONDITION
Until recently, Tudor watches were made up of cases made by Rolex (Tudor’s parent company) and then good third party movements, and by using off the shelf movements rather than Rolex ones you could save some money. That carries on here too – this watch is half the price of a recent 9k Rolex ladies cocktail watch we offered. The case is stamped inside for R.W. Co. Ltd and the manual wind, 17 jewel movement looks to be from ETA (Tudor removed the ETA numbers and instead stamped their name on a bridge instead.) Having an ETA movement does mean the watch wouldn’t have to go back to Rolex for any future servicing, as parts are more available. It doesn’t need any servicing for a while though – it is running nicely. What’s more the dial is original and quite clean for a watch from a time where smoking was very common.
This watch will be supplied with our branded presentation box and our Certificate of Authenticity.
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SIZE
Width with crown 21.4 mm
Width without crown 19.6 mm
Lug to lug length 28.7 mm
Case Thickness 7.9 mm
Bracelet will fit a maximum wrist size of 165 mm. The bracelet has a ladder clasp, so can be made two steps smaller without having links removed.
All sizes are approximate. The watch is photographed on a wrist of 150mm/6 inches.
Included with this watch is a 3 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses. If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries. Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us. Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.
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