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 a 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.