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Tudor

Lacks transparency

Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.

Jewellery & watches

Partly verified: what this means

Last researched 3 November 2026 · 5 sources

Swiss watchmaker owned by Rolex's foundation.

Until Tudor traces its gold and gemstones to the mine, it can't show that the miners who dig them are safe or fairly paid.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

  • Not met: Meets 3 of 6 Good requirements.
  • Holds the grade back: It relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace. That alone means a poor grade until it takes steps to trace them.
  • It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
  • Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.

How grades are decided

Good requirements 3 of 6

  • Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
  • Met: Respects worker rights
  • Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
  • Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
  • Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
  • Not met: Conflict-free: diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough)

Red flags 2

  • Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
  • Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace
  • Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)

Stars it would earn as Good

None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars

Where it's made

From Tudor's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
SwitzerlandRegular violationsAbout a living wageLow

Evidence

What we found

  • Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: gold and gemstone mining are linked to child labour, forced labour and mercury poisoning.
  • Owns or runs its own production
  • Modern slavery statement
  • Relies on gold and gemstones from artisanal mines where workers face mercury poisoning, silica dust and deadly collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.

Research notes Tudor assembles and tests its watches at its own manufacture in Le Locle, Switzerland, opened in 2022, and its in-house movements are made next door by Kenissi, which Tudor majority-owns with Chanel; it says its whole supply chain is Swiss, though some Royal models use ETA movements. Rolex's sustainability report, with its gold recycling and tracing figures, covers Rolex only and not Tudor. Tudor publishes no supplier list, audit results, materials sourcing data or living wage commitment.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Australian Modern Slavery RegisterListedRolex Australia, the exclusive importer and distributor of Tudor watches in Australia, lodged a modern slavery statement for 2024 reporting no modern slavery identified. View
Business & Human Rights Resource CentreUnclearNo labour abuse allegations involving Tudor's factories or suppliers were identified. View

Sources and actions

Sources 5

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  1. Inside Tudor Manufacture (SJX, 2023) · search the archive · Watches assembled at Tudor's own Le Locle manufacture since 2022; Kenissi (Tudor majority, Chanel minority) makes movements; supply chain Swiss.

Published by Tudor or its owner

  1. Tudor - Sustainability: our watches · search the archive · Tudor manufacture in Le Locle; Swiss-made collection; METAS-certified models.
  2. Rolex Australia Modern Slavery Statement 2024 · search the archive · Rolex Australia is exclusive importer and distributor of Rolex and Tudor watches; no modern slavery identified.
  3. Rolex Sustainability Report 2025 · search the archive · Report covers Rolex SA and its Swiss sites; Tudor is not mentioned.
  4. Tudor Boutique The Hour Glass Sydney · search the archive · Tudor boutique in Sydney.

Company details

Headquarters
Switzerland
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Tudor ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/tudor, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method
Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means

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