Collection: TUDOR 1926

The TUDOR 1926 collection takes its name directly from the year Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf registered "The Tudor" as a brand name, in pursuit of building watches with Rolex's case quality and design sensibility at a more accessible price point. Fittingly, the 1926 collection represents TUDOR's own modern entry point into fine Swiss watchmaking, offering the brand's classic elegance and vintage-inspired design without stepping into the price territory of the in-house Black Bay or Pelagos lines.

The 1926 is built around a domed, delicately embossed dial for a subtle vintage texture, paired with numeral appliques, arrow-shaped hour markers, and sword-shaped hands that create a refined interplay of light across the dial face. It's offered in four case sizes, 28mm, 36mm, 39mm, and 41mm, in stainless steel or a two-tone steel and rose gold combination, with dial options spanning black, silver, white, and opaline finishes, including versions with diamond hour markers. To keep the collection more accessible, TUDOR equips the 1926 with reliable Swiss ETA-based self-winding movements rather than its in-house Manufacture calibers, all still offering 100 meters of water resistance.

King Jewelers is an authorized TUDOR watch retailer in Nashville, carrying the TUDOR 1926 across all four sizes in stainless steel and steel-and-rose-gold configurations, including diamond dial options. Every TUDOR watch purchase includes free shipping, and our team can help you compare 1926 sizes and finishes in person at our Green Hills showroom in Nashville or online at kingjewelers.com.

2018: A New Entry Point Named for a Founding Year
The TUDOR 1926 collection launched at Baselworld 2018, taking its name directly from the year Hans Wilsdorf officially registered "The Tudor" as a brand, in pursuit of building watches with Rolex's case quality and design sensibility at a more accessible price. The collection debuted alongside Taiwanese musician and actor Jay Chou being announced as TUDOR's newest brand ambassador, and it was explicitly marketed as unisex, offered across four sizes (28mm, 36mm, 39mm, and 41mm) from the very first launch, positioned to appeal to a genuinely broad range of wrists and styles.

Reviving a Forgotten Dial Design
Rather than reissuing a specific vintage reference, the 1926 revived a design detail from TUDOR's archives: a domed, embossed "waffle" or honeycomb-textured dial, a callback to early Tudor watches that had largely disappeared from the modern catalog. Combined with numeral appliques, arrow-shaped hour markers (or optional diamond accents at the odd numerals), and sword-shaped hands, the collection created what one outlet at launch called "dressy tool watches," dress watches with genuine sports-watch durability underneath, 100 meters of water resistance and a sapphire crystal without a magnifying Cyclops lens over the date window, preserving the dial's symmetry.

To keep the collection accessible, TUDOR intentionally equipped the 1926 with the workhorse ETA Calibre 2824 (28mm models use Calibre 2671) rather than an in-house Manufacture movement, the same approach TUDOR uses across its more affordable "Style" category watches, allowing genuine Swiss automatic mechanics at a lower price point than the in-house Black Bay or Pelagos lines.

Key Milestones

2018 — TUDOR 1926 launches at Baselworld in four sizes (28mm, 36mm, 39mm, 41mm), in steel or steel-and-rose-gold

2018 — Jay Chou announced as brand ambassador alongside the launch

Ongoing — Expanded dial color options (black, silver, white, opaline) and diamond hour marker configurations added over time

Recent — 1926 Luna variant introduces TUDOR's first-ever moonphase complication, developed in collaboration with Jay Chou

What Defines a 1926 Today
The 1926's signature seven-link bracelet, made up of varying-sized links with satin-brushed outer sections and polished center links, closely follows the curve of the wrist and is available alongside a brown leather strap lined with rubber. Across all four sizes, the collection maintains its embossed waffle dial texture, applied numeral markers, and slim sword-shaped hands, with rose gold accents available on every case size for a dressier finish.

At King Jewelers
King Jewelers is an authorized TUDOR watch retailer in Nashville, carrying the TUDOR 1926 across all four sizes in stainless steel and steel-and-rose-gold configurations, including diamond dial options. Every TUDOR watch purchase includes free shipping, and our team can help you compare 1926 sizes and finishes in person at our Green Hills showroom in Nashville or online at kingjewelers.com.

The TUDOR 1926 is offered in four distinct sizes, 28mm, 36mm, 39mm, and 41mm, in steel or steel-and-rose-gold, with black, silver, white, and opaline dial choices and optional diamond hour markers. King Jewelers carries this full size and finish range, making it easy to find the right fit and look.

1926 28mm / 36mm / 39mm / 41mm — Four sizes, honeycomb-embossed dial, seven-link bracelet, ETA Calibre 2824/2671, steel or steel-and-rose-gold, with or without diamond hour markers.

1926 Luna — Adds TUDOR's first-ever moonphase complication, developed with brand ambassador Jay Chou.