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MT5621

Last Update: November 13, 2020

Brand:Kenissi, Tudor
Family:
Tudor MT56 Family
Height:6.5 mm
Jewels:28
Reserve:70 hours
Frequency:28,800 A/h
Winding:Automatic, Bi-Directional Automatic Winding, Central Rotor Automatic Winding
Diameter:33.8 mm (15 ligne)
  Complications:Date, Hacking Seconds, Instant Date Change, Power Reserve Indicator, Quick Date Correction
Hands:Central Hour Hand, Central Minute Hand, Central Seconds Hand, Date Window at 3:00, Power Reserve Pointer at 9:00
Distinguishing Technical Characteristics
Central-Rotor Automatic
Balance Bridge
Variable-Inertia Balance
Balance at 7:00
Production: 2015 – Current
1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Cal. MT5621 is the first in-house movement from Tudor, introduced in 2015.

Cal. MT5621 was the first Manufacture Tudor movement and features a power reserve indicator at 9:00. Most other features are more common, including central seconds, and a conventional date wheel. This movement features modern technology, including bi-directional winding, hacking seconds, instantaneous date change with crown-based quickset, and a variable-inertia balance with micro-adjustment by screw and silicon balance spring.

Tudor MT56 Family Overview

Tudor traditionally used movements from major manufacturers, chiefly ETA in modern times, as a differentiator from parent company Rolex. Beginning in 2015, the company began producing a line of “Manufacture Tudor” movements for certain models, beginning with Cal. MT5621. These are based on Rolex technology, and include that company’s silicon hairspring technology, full balance bridge and free-sprung Microstella balance wheel.

In 2016, Tudor founded a new movement producer in Geneva known as Kenissi managed by Eric Yvon Pirson (head of Tudor), Jean-Paul Girardin (formerly of Breitling), and Philippe Jacques Dalloz. Two years later, the company constructed a new factory in Le Locle on land owned by Rolex. Chanel invested in Kenissi in 2019, taking a 20% stake in the company. As of 2020, Kenissi produces movements for Tudor, Chanel, Breitling, and Norqain.

31.8 mm33.8 mm
No DateMT5602MT5601
DateMT5612
Breitling B20
Power Reserve, DateMT5621
Big DateMT5641
GMT HandMT5652
Norqain NN20/2

Note that Tudor also produces a smaller movement, Cal. MT5402. Although it shares many characteristics with this family of movements, it is different in many details and is considered unrelated.

Tudor MT5612
Norqain NN20/2
Breitling B20
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