Tudor Oyster Prince Explorer Dial 1962

A stainless steel backed, gold plated Tudor Oyster Prince automatic model. This very handsome, and early Tudor comes from the pioneering and exciting days of both Tudor, and its parent brand; Rolex. This Tudor features the iconic font style, along with the early, very small Tudor Rose logo. The overall appearance of the dial of this watch is exceptional. The design of this watch is also rather important given what we know was being designed over at Rolex in the early 1950's. The development of the Rolex Explorer, and its use in Sir Edmund Hillary, and Sherpa Tenzing ascent to the top of mount Everest in 1953. This dial contains some of the characteristics of the early watches that went both up the mountain, and that went on to become the Explorer we recognise today. The applied 12, 3, 6, 9 Arabic numerals to the dial, as seen on the 6298. The 12, on the Explorer, would then disappear to make room for the large triangle, which  provided much better visibility in that prominent position.