Hans Wilsdorf Born : March 22, 1881 Died : July 6, 1960 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Hans Wilsdorf We want to be the first in the field and Rolex should be seen as the one and only-the best. Hans Wilsdorf fields want firsts My personal opinion...is that pocket watches will almost completely disappear and that wrist watches will replace them definitively! I am not mistaken in this opinion and you will see that I am right. Hans Wilsdorf pocket-watches pockets personal-opinions It is not with low prices-but on the contrary-it is with improved quality we cannot only hold the market, but improve it. Hans Wilsdorf contrary quality lows For some years now I have been considering the idea of making a watch that our agents could sell at a more modest price than our Rolex watches, and yet one that could attain the standards of dependability for which Rolex is famous, I decided to form a separate company, with the object of making and marketing this new watch. It is called the Tudor Watch Company. Hans Wilsdorf marketing years ideas