Tudor Submariner Marine Nationale. At this time tudor took over. Decommissioning paperwork confirms it was originally issued to a crewman of the french submarine sm.
Tudor with its submariner model was a firm choice of the french marine nationale for equipping its sailors and divers for so many years because of its impressive underwater characteristics such as the screw back and crown waterproof case its mechanical reliability with a solid self winding caliber and its high readability given by the huge. The french navy employed rolex military issued submariners from the early 1960 s till around 1968. This particular timepiece a tudor submariner issued to the marine nationale comes with a little more provenance than normal.
Rolex were experimenting with different submariners under the tudor moniker and from the earliest days of the tudor submariner s life the marine nationale was an important test bed for the watches.
It should be noted that the french navy also used other brands including doxa. The french navy marine nationale française also used the tudor submariner. Foudroyant most likely a clearance diver. Tudor with its submariner model was a firm choice of the french marine nationale for equipping its sailors and divers for so many years because of its impressive underwater characteristics such as the screw back and crown waterproof case its mechanical reliability with a solid self winding caliber and its high readability given by the huge.