In 1954, with the creation of its first diver’s watch, the Oyster Prince Submariner, TUDOR began offering a new time keeping solution for the growing community of professional scuba divers. The brand, a pioneer in the field of diving watches proposed a high-performance instrument, that was reliable as well as robust, at an affordable price. In 1969, the reference 7016 introduced a new aesthetic in the brand’s range that became the signature of TUDOR diving watches. A combination of square indexes, painted with luminous material, and angular hands later nicknamed “Snowflake” by collectors because of the similarity to the form of a snowflake. This new design allowed for more luminous material
to be applied to the dials and hands, thus resulting in a longer duration of illumination, a key improvement for the French Navy divers. In 1974, the reference 7016 was also the first TUDOR diving watch to bear the famous “TUDOR M.N.” engravings. Composed of the initials M.N. and the year of issue in numbers, these markings have reached close to iconic status and are sought after relentlessly by collectors of military watches.
In the ‘80 they adopted the reference 94010.