Tudor Watches To Return To US Market In 2013
For the last 3-4 years, we've been speculating that Rolex (who owns Tudor) would be keen to return the Tudor sub-brand to the United States market where it has been absent for a long time. Rolex itself has dominated the US, likely fearing that the lower-priced Tudor brand would act as a competitor. With Rolex owning at least 25% of the luxury watch market, it was in their best interest to not fix what wasn't broken. However, over the last few years, Tudor watches have been increasingly different from those of Rolex. While Tudor watches are produced alongside Rolex timepieces, they use ETA-sourced Swiss watch movements versus movements made in-house at Rolex. It appears as though the time has come where Rolex feels that Tudor can live with its higher-priced brethren in the important US market.A few months ago sources at Rolex seemed to unofficially suggest that Tudor was coming back. First there was increased media attention in the US when it came to working with the watch media, and ot

Roc
Guys; has anyone handled the new chrono in blue? I'm interested in steel on bracelet this go around for an office piece; I just hope the blue is done right (for reference; fell out of love with the YG sub blue and the smurf blue, so if it hints of that, then it's a no go for me, looking for a more faded or darker look similar to patek 5712).

Two Gilded Smiling Beauties that every Collector must own! Black Rose+Red Rose
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Daily Wear Tudor dilemma
Has anyone else experience a similar dilemmaFor some time I've been looking a round for daily wear such as a beaten up 70's Tudor sub 90910 or similar, I had a tip off that a watch maker had potentially one that was up for grabs, the case was described as battered with nick scratches and minus its strap, bezel missing and crystal scratched to kingdom come and the movement wasn't functioning. I gave the watch maker a call and after a few sentences the conversation turned to what I owned, how long had I been collecting etc I gave a brief rundown and tried to get the conversation back on track, long story short the watchmaker was intending to use the Tudor as a donor watch for spares unless I wanted to sell or part exchange one of my watches as a sweetener, I inquired how much he valued the beaten up Tudor at..... ��1,800, I thanked him for his time and said id give it some thought.....I think it may have been all of 2 seconds ???? so there you have it just what I was looking for and yet

Ticking
Although I have had my GMT II LN for almost a month it was only today that I thought to listen to the ticking sound it makes. The sound is a higher pitched, almost metallic sound compared to what other watch ticks I have ever heard before. Not at all loud, actually quite subtle, but very distinct. What does your watch sound like?