Tudor Oyster Prince

 In July, 1952, Captain James Simpson and his crew left Britain to embark on the British North Greenland Expedition, a two-year scientific study of the geology, glaciology, meteorology and physiology of the arctic.  To their kit, Captain Simpson's crew added thirty stainless steel Tudor Oyster Princes. By this time, Rolex had already established itself as a brand committed to testing their tool and sport watches in the most extreme environments possible, utilizing 'natural laboratories' to test new designs and executions.  In 1927, a Rolex Oyster Perpetual successfully crossed the English Channel on the wrist of an English swimmer. In 1933, strapped watches onto the wrists of the first pilots to fly over Mount Everest. In 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell was wearing an Oyster Perpetual as he set a land speed record of over 300 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.  Every time a watch was put to the test, Rolex was there to collect the data, vigilantly tweaking and modifyin