Rolex introduced Tudor to the market in 1945 with the objective of selling high quality watches at a reasonable price. Throughout its history, Rolex used the Tudor line to experiment different designs and concepts, later to be used in Rolex’s own watches. Reference 7016 was launched in 1969 as part of the Submariner family. It was the second generation Tudor Submariner, and was offered along with the reference 7021, which featured a date window.

Like the Rolex line, the Tudor Submariner underwent various changes throughout its history, with the cases increasing in size from 37mm to 39mm, as well as dial and caliber modifications. Most importantly, from a design perspective, the reference 7016 introduced a dial style with unusual square luminous numerals, “snowflake” hands and the memorable shield logo.

Ref Variations: 7016-0 ,