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 watches 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 means you need to remove the bracelet first. Below is a Serial number B5153XX dates it to circa 1993.

Finding your Tudor Watch Serial Number - All Tudor watches should have serial numbers. I would advise to check the following places:

-In the back of the watch, either on the case back (earlier watches) or on the back of the lugs “horns”.
-On the case between the lugs, normally at 6 o’clock (as stated above)
-Inside the watch, either on the movement itself or on the inside of the case back.

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

Modern Tudor serial numbers

After 2002 Montres Tudor S.A. Or Rolex, SA Company started using “random serial numbers”. Which is no longer published, in summary best way to date your Tudor Watch is to take your watch to the dealer for dating or have the warranty card information. We have bit more detail below:

How to date your Tudor watch with random serial numbers?

So how do you date your modern Tudor watch when you cannot use this Tudor serial number database? 

The easiest and best way to date your modern Tudor watch is if you have the original certificate for your watch. If you do, the date on which the watch was purchased should be on the certificate. Simply confirm that the serial number on your Tudor watch matches the serial number that is engraved on your Tudor.

If you don’t have the original certificate for your watch, it gets a bit trickier. The good news is that Tudor has information about every single watch that has left the factory, which is registered through their individual serial numbers. The bad news is that this information can be difficult, if not impossible to access.

An idea for dating the year of your modern Tudor watch is to go to the official retailer from which the watch was purchased if you know where it was from. The official retailers normally keep records of each watch’s serial number they sell and might be able to provide you with further information about the year of your watch.

The last method to estimate the year of your Tudor watch that isn’t very accurate is to look at the model you have, and the production time of it. It won’t give you detailed information about the year of your watch, but if you are over what years Tudor produced a watch, you have an estimation of where your watch could be from.

Experts Watches is not affiliated with Montres Tudor S.A. Or Rolex, SA. The Tudor name and names of various Tudor watch models as shown here are trademarks of Rolex, SA. Information is provided for educational purposes only and we make no warranty as to its accuracy or reliability.

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