Rolex Vs Tudor. So it only makes sense to put these two popular reliable movements up against one another. In fact for a long time the separately branded submariners sold by tudor and rolex were both made by rolex.
Like its siblings the gmt takes inspiration from vintage tudor watches from the 1950 s and 1960 s. Tudor doesn t have much history when it comes to gmt watches though. Tudor has long been called by many the poor man s rolex.
To understand where these models are coming from we need to go way back.
Tudor caliber 2824 vs. Despite being around when rolex introduced the original gmt master. So let s compare the rolex gmt master ii and the tudor black bay gmt. Tudor as most know by now was founded by hans wilsdorf the same man who founded rolex in 1926.