Tudor Submariner 'Mini Sub'

It is perhaps one of the greatest injustices in horology that women's wristwatches have not historically received the same respect as their larger cased counterparts, resulting in far fewer executions worth collecting. 

This is truly a shame - but fortunately, Rolex got the memo long before most, and have been producing outstanding ladies watches for over 50 years. And we're talking about the real thing - not those that utilize faux-gold, not-so-precious stones and batteries - Rolex's offerings are mechanical, functional, wearable art.

This thinking even extended to sport models under Rolex's sibling brand, Tudor!

Like Rolex, Tudor really seems to get their smaller-wristed clientele, offering watches that are simply scaled-down versions of their most popular men’s models. 

Tudor had its genesis as a subsidiary of Rolex. It's watches were Rolexes in all but name: same Rolex Oyster case, same crowns, and Rolex crystals. The only difference was what beat inside the Oyster cases — Swiss ETA movements rather than movements that Rolex built in-house.

Take this particular piece for example, a Sumbariner 'Mini Sub' Reference 94400. It dates to circa 1983 and features a 33mm stainless steel Oyster case with holey lugs, a Rolex signed crown, a bidirectional rotating dive timing bezel with a beautiful blue acrylic insert, and a gorgeous blue Tritium dial with a matching handset, visible through a magnified acrylic crystal.

Powered by a roust and proven ETA automatic winding movement, this piece comes fitted to a correct stainless steel Oyster bracelet with a signed blade clasp.

Lovely!

This is easily one of the cleanest Mini-Sub's that we have come across - and is the perfect choice for the smaller-wristed individual for whom 39mm is too large, and 28mm is too small.

Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf created Tudor in 1926 for the everyman — for miners, construction workers and all sorts of tradesmen. For your everyday person Rolex was sometimes — and is now more so than ever — out of reach. It was meant for the explorer and the businessman, whereas Tudor was to be a different creature entirely.
In creating Tudor, Wilsdorf wanted to offer “a watch that our agents could sell at a more modest price than our Rolex watches, and yet one that would attain the standards of dependability for which Rolex is famous.”
Tudors were in many ways Rolexes in all but name, with the same waterproof Oyster cases and similar styling. However, in order to keep costs down, the brand used off-the-shelf Swiss movements rather than their own in-house calibres. What resulted were watches that were more affordable than Rolexes to the consumer, but still uniformly tough and reliable.
Today Tudor has certainly defeated any impression of being the redheaded stepchild of the Rolex family, and their current timepiece collection — as well as their vintage counterparts — are getting the recognition and respect they most rightfully deserve. From the colorful “Home Plate” chronograph to the complicated Advisor, these models often picked up where Rolex left off, daring to be more bold and playful in their design. And now that the brand has introduced in-house movements while still managing to keep pricing modest, the company is better poised than ever to win the hearts and minds of millions of new watch enthusiasts.

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