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Vintage Tudor Rolex Sky-Rocket WW2 Men’s Military Watch

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BRAND:
TUDOR
MODEL:
TUDOR Oyster
MOVEMENT:
Mechanical (Manual)
UNIT CONDITION:
Pre-owned - Good
YEAR:
1940-1949
CASE SIZE:
29 mm
CASE MATERIAL:
Gold Plated
DIAL COLOR:
Beige, Cream
BAND MATERIAL:
Leather
WATER RESISTANCE:
Not Water Resistant
► SELLER'S DESCRIPTION
For sale is an extraordinary and historically significant timepiece: a genuine Tudor by Rolex “Sky Rocket” from the World War II era. This is not a standard civilian Tudor — it is a Rolex-manufactured Tudor designed during WWII, and it stands as an extremely rare outlier in the Tudor lineup. During the war years, most military-themed and military-design watches were produced under the Rolex and Oyster Watch Company names. Tudor pieces from this period rarely carried overt military styling, making the Sky Rocket an exceptional anomaly. Even more fascinating, “Sky Rocket” is a model name also associated with Rolex and Oyster Watch Company watches of the same era, further reinforcing its direct Rolex lineage. This is a Rolex-made Tudor with true wartime DNA. Watches like this almost never surface. It is entirely possible that this example is one of the last surviving pieces — and it may never be seen for sale again. The watch retains its all-original design and is powered by a high-end original Caliber 59 movement with 17 jewels, a more desirable and harder-to-find variant than the more common 15-jewel Caliber 59 found in most wartime watches. It is currently running smoothly and keeping accurate time. On many Canadian-market wartime models, Tudor, Oyster Watch Company, and Rolex outsourced some case back production to Pioneer and ID. This is why this example is stamped “ID” on the case back. It is the original case back to the watch and correct for this period and market. Key Features: • Brand: Tudor by Rolex • Model: Sky Rocket • Movement: Original High-End 17J Caliber 59 • Case Size: 29mm • Era: World War II (1940s) • Condition: Running smoothly and keeping accurate time • Dial: Original dial with luminous hands and Arabic numerals, delivering a classic wartime military aesthetic • Strap: Brand new high-end burgundy leather strap Condition Notes: This watch displays honest signs of age consistent with a genuine WWII-era timepiece. The dial, hands, case, and movement are original, preserving its authenticity and strong collector appeal. The high-grade 17-jewel Caliber 59 movement is functioning properly and keeping accurate time, a testament to Rolex’s wartime engineering standards. Please Note: This watch is sold as-is in vintage condition. Due to its age, no guarantees are made regarding long-term accuracy. Ships carefully. Feel free to message me with any questions.

ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATIONS

Bezel Color:Gold
Number of Jewels:17 Jewels
Indices:Arabic Numerals
Vintage:Yes
Case Color:Gold
Department:Men
Caseback:Screwback
Watch Shape:Round
Style:Classic, Dress/Formal, Military
Features:12-Hour Dial, Luminous Hands, Small Second, Swiss Movement
With Papers:No
Type:Wristwatch
Band Color:Red
Band Width:16 mm
With Original Box/Packaging:No
Country of Origin:Switzerland
Display:Analog

► ARCHIVE FILE: TUDOR — BRAND HISTORY

Registered in 1926 as Hans Wilsdorf's cheaper Rolex, Tudor put Oyster cases around bought-in movements, saw its Submariners issued to French and American navy divers, and now builds its own calibers in Le Locle.

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The Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf had a simple idea for a second brand: Rolex where it counted, cheaper everywhere else. Veuve de Philippe Hüther, a watch firm in Colombier, registered The Tudor for him in 1926; he took the trademark himself in 1936 and set up Montres Tudor SA on March 6, 1946. The recipe: a Rolex Oyster case and guarantee around a bought-in movement, so a vintage Tudor often says Rolex on its crown and case back.

The self-winding Oyster Prince of 1952 was advertised on miners and construction crews, not models. The Submariner reference 7922 followed in 1954, rated to 100 meters. Tudor built reference 7928 for the US Navy from 1964. In 1969 references 7016 and 7021 brought the angular hands collectors call the Snowflake, shaped to hold more luminous paint, and the rose vanished from the shield logo. The French Marine Nationale tested Tudor Submariners from 1956 and issued them to its divers from the late 1950s into the 1980s, from 1974 stamping M.N. and the year on case backs.

By the 1990s a Tudor was still a Rolex case around an ETA movement. The Submariner left the catalog after 1999, and Rolex pulled Tudor from the American market, in 1996 by some accounts and 2004 by others, explaining neither. The revival ran through the archive: the Heritage Chrono of 2010, the Heritage Black Bay of 2012, and a US return in 2013. The 2015 North Flag carried Tudor's first in-house caliber, the MT5621.

Montres Tudor SA is still in Geneva beside Rolex, both owned by the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation. The watches are built in Le Locle, in a complex finished in 2021 and inaugurated in March 2023 that Tudor shares with Kenissi, the movement maker founded in 2016 and 20 percent Chanel-owned since 2018. In April 2026, its centenary year, Tudor revived the Monarch, a 1991 line. On September 1 the North Flag came back too, spelled Northflag now, with a GMT function. A modern Black Bay is the old Submariner redrawn, Snowflake hand included.

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