On July 8, 1952, members of the British North Greenland Expedition left Deptford, an area on the banks of the Thames in London, for a scientific mission to study the vast ice sheet on the world’s largest island.
Equipped with Tudor’s first automatic and waterproof watch, the British scientists and sailors set out to conduct glaciological and seismic surveys at several sites.
The expedition also allowed Tudor to execute the rigorous “trial of destruction” in order to gather performance data of 30 Oyster Prince watches.
In fact, this was one of the very first long-term tests, under real-world extreme conditions, with the tool watch enduring freezing climate for two years, as the British North Greenland Expedition ended in August 1954.
The expedition members…
