Tudor serial Number Lookup by Year

Tudor Brief History:

Tudor Watches was founded in 1926 when the house of Veuve de Philippe Huther registered the name in Geneva, Switzerland, on behalf of Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex. Wilsdorf reacquired the brand in 1936 and formed Montres Tudor S.A. a decade later, in 1946. Tudor was founded as an entry-level brand to complement Rolex, with the goal of creating a more affordable watch but one that would preserve the Rolex reputation for quality. Today, Tudor is a sister company to the parent company Rolex, and these two companies are both owned by the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation.

Tudor Serial Number Overview:

Tudor did not create an official list and resource of their serial numbers (Similar to most other luxury watch brands of the time), the serial numbers are very close estimated as provided by many guilds. Please review our Tudor watch selections.

Tudor used Rolex cases for its watches in its early conception and the serial number of Tudor watches are found in the same place as they would be found on a Rolex watch. They are engraved between the lugs at the 6 o’clock position engraved into the case. Which mean you need to remove the bracelet first.
For modern Tudor watch models, the H serial is produced in parallel with O and J serial. This means that the year of 2007 should correspond to H7 serial as well as the J1 serial.

Tudor serial Number Year:

40,000 – 140,000 1940 – 1956
240000 1956
170,000 1957
200,000 1958
280,000 1959
310,000 1960
340,000 1961
360,000 1962
390,000 1963
430,000 1964
460,000 1965
500,000 1966
570,000 1967
620,000 1968
680,000 1969
740,000 1970
750,000 1971
770,000 1972
790,000 1973
810,000 1974
830,000 1975
840,000 1976
860,000 1977
880,000 1978
900,000 1979
930,000 1980
950,000 1981
970,000 1982
980,000 1983
990,000 1984

Tudor began with serial numbers again in 1984 and restarted their serial numbers.

140000 1985
170000 1986
190000 1987
210000 1988
260000 1989
B330000 1990
B360000 1991
B390000 1992
B500000 1993
B560000 1994
B590000 1995
B790000 1996
B850000 1997
B990000 1998
H130000 1999
H170000 2000
H240000 2001
H300000 2002

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