Maker: |
Tudor |
Model: |
Oyster Prince |
Reference No.: |
Ref. 7909 |
Date: |
Circa 1955 |
Case: |
The serial and reference numbers are correctly punch-numbered on the screw-down case back, it has the original screw-down winder. |
Dial: |
Very beautiful clean dial, signed TUDOR Oyster Royal Rotor self-winding, with the original lume which responds well to UV light, applied gilt-metal Arabic numerals |
Hands: |
Blued steel hour, minute and sweep seconds hands |
Movement: |
Calibre 390 movement in excellent condition |
Strap: |
Brown leather strap |
Info: |
In a print advertisement introducing the TUDOR Oyster Prince 7909 shown in the photo, founder Hans Wilsdorf was quoted as saying ‘It has surpassed all our expectations in the more unforeseen way. The instructions I gave have been magnificently carried out. It is my considered opinion that, for its price, the Tudor Oyster Prince is the most outstanding value I have ever seen'. Introduced in 1952, the Oyster Prince went through a battery of tests before being released to the public. The ‘Trial of Destruction,' as the tests were called, placed six Tudor Oyster Prince watches on a workman operating a pneumatic drill one after the other, sustaining over a million shocks as a result. After the rigorous tests, the watches were still functioning with the same precision, something that Wilsdorf chose to highlight in ads. |
