Tudor Prince Oysterdate Automatic Watch by Rolex 1959

Tudor Prince Oysterdate Automatic Watch by Rolex 

Model ref 7966
Serial number 299XXX Circa 1959 - Tudor date chart 

This superb looking watch is a full size, 33-34mm, gents watch from 1959

The Case .... a beautiful highly polished rose gold-plated topped case, with a stainless steel screw down case back and a screw down Rolex signed crown. The case back is signed with the model ref 7966 and serial number 299XXX also engraved Original Oyster Case by Rolex Geneva. It measures 33-34mm approx without the crown and 36.5mm approx with the crown.

There are some typical minor scratches consistent with a vintage watch that has always been stored in a case.

There is a hallmark between the lugs at 6 which is KB and 20.

Although I have not opened the watch, I believe the Movement .... is an Automatic movement fully signed Tudor. 25 rubies, Swiss made. It is running perfectly and keeping excellent time.
It has an ETA movement possibly a cal 2462, although I can not confirm this as I have not opened the case, however this caliber was used in many 7966's at the time.

The Dial is fully signed with the Tudor Rose emblem Tudor Prince Oyster Date Rotor Self Winding and Swiss at the bottom. 

At three is the roulette date wheel which alternates between black and red date numbers. The flexible band has a Tudor emblem and is stamped Speidel.

There are no box and papers with this watch, it is in lovely working condition especially considering that it is approx 65 years old.

Will be carefully packaged and shipped with insurance.

History In 1905 Hans Wilsdorf launched his own company in England and started producing high quality watches. In 1908, he registered the "Rolex" brand in La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland. The company remained in England fifteen years approximately and in 1920 moved to Geneva. It was not until 1946 that Hans Wilsdorf first opened Tudor. His aim was to provide a watch with the reliability and accuracy of it's big brother Rolex but at a more affordable price to the general public. Wilsdorf chose the name Tudor because he wanted to honor the Tudor period of England. At first Tudor watches used the Tudor Rose signed on the dial which is the heraldic emblem of England and takes its origin from the Tudor dynasty. At the end of the 1960's Tudor changed its famous rose sign for the shield sign. The main difference between Rolex and Tudor is the movement instead of a Rolex manufactured movement, the movements are supplied by Ebauches SA, ETA.