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	<small>[[Reference:prince\|Prince]] -> '''1862'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:prince\|Prince]] › '''1862'''</small>

	The 1862 is the Prince Classic — the straight-sided rectangular Prince that runs concurrent with the flared Brancards (971 and 1490) rather than as a successor. Where the Brancards splay outward from the case waist, the 1862 reads as a restrained Art-Deco rectangle with parallel sides, snap-on caseback, and a smaller wrist footprint at approximately 20 by 35 millimetres. The dial layout is the same Prince duo-dial — hours and minutes upper, oversized sub-seconds at six — and the movement is the same Aegler shaped-caliber family that defined the Prince line, including chronometer-grade Ultra Prima examples. Production runs from a documented Glasgow 1934 hallmark through a 1942 caseback inscription. The 1862 is harder to find than the 1490 because it received less period advertising, but it carries the same chronometer pedigree on a quieter case form.		The 1862 is the Prince Classic — the straight-sided rectangular Prince that runs concurrent with the flared Brancards (971 and 1490) rather than as a successor. Where the Brancards splay outward from the case waist, the 1862 reads as a restrained Art-Deco rectangle with parallel sides, snap-on caseback, and a smaller wrist footprint at approximately 20 by 35 millimetres. The dial layout is the same Prince duo-dial — hours and minutes upper, oversized sub-seconds at six — and the movement is the same Aegler shaped-caliber family that defined the Prince line, including chronometer-grade Ultra Prima examples. Production runs from a documented Glasgow 1934 hallmark through a 1942 caseback inscription. The 1862 is harder to find than the 1490 because it received less period advertising, but it carries the same chronometer pedigree on a quieter case form.
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	\|description=The Rolex Prince Classic 1862 is the straight-sided rectangular Prince that runs concurrent with the flared Brancards 971 and 1490. Aegler shaped chronometer movements (Cal. 300 family plus 414, 527, 579, 701, 841, 1004, 1759 commercial designations) in Prima, Extra Prima, and Ultra Prima grades. Documented in stainless steel, 9K/18K gold, two-tone, bicolor, and platinum + 9K composite. Production approximately 1928–1942.		\|description=The Rolex Prince Classic 1862 is the straight-sided rectangular Prince that runs concurrent with the flared Brancards 971 and 1490. Aegler shaped chronometer movements (Cal. 300 family plus 414, 527, 579, 701, 841, 1004, 1759 commercial designations) in Prima, Extra Prima, and Ultra Prima grades. Documented in stainless steel, 9K/18K gold, two-tone, bicolor, and platinum + 9K composite. Production approximately 1928–1942.
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	See also the [[Reference:prince\|Prince family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].		See also the [[Reference:prince\|Prince family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	==Sources==		== Sources ==

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	The 1862 runs on the same Aegler shaped-movement family as the 971 and 1490. The 1927 Wilsdorf-Aegler patent that placed the winding barrel and balance at opposite ends of the rectangular movement applies. The Aegler-Rolex relationship was a supplier arrangement (Aegler operated independently in Bienne until Rolex purchased the firm from the Borer family in April 2004, per Tim Mosso's Quill & Pad reporting).		The 1862 runs on the same Aegler shaped-movement family as the 971 and 1490. The 1927 Wilsdorf-Aegler patent that placed the winding barrel and balance at opposite ends of the rectangular movement applies. The Aegler-Rolex relationship was a supplier arrangement (Aegler operated independently in Bienne until Rolex purchased the firm from the Borer family in April 2004, per Tim Mosso's Quill & Pad reporting).

	What sets the 1862's movement record apart is the spread of caliber numbers stamped on its bridges. The documented examples cover at least eight distinct numbered calibers in 1862 cases: 300, 414, 527 (Christie's online c.1934), 579 T (~~Collectors Square~~), 701, 841 T (Bonhams 2022), 1004 (Christie's London 2015, "officially tested in 8 positions"), and 1759 (watch-auctions.co.uk 1937, Ultra Prima Chronometer 18-jewel 6-position). A ninth attribution, Cal. 7½′′′ Extra Prima with Elinvar hairspring (Antiquorum 2022), describes the same architecture by ligne size and grade rather than caliber number.		What sets the 1862's movement record apart is the spread of caliber numbers stamped on its bridges. The documented examples cover at least eight distinct numbered calibers in 1862 cases: 300, 414, 527 (Christie's online c.1934), 579 T (documented example), 701, 841 T (Bonhams 2022), 1004 (Christie's London 2015, "officially tested in 8 positions"), and 1759 (watch-auctions.co.uk 1937, Ultra Prima Chronometer 18-jewel 6-position). A ninth attribution, Cal. 7½′′′ Extra Prima with Elinvar hairspring (Antiquorum 2022), describes the same architecture by ligne size and grade rather than caliber number.

	The auction-house labeling is not uniform. The same architectural specification (18-jewel, 6-position, Ultra Prima Chronometer) appears under different caliber numbers across different houses: Cal. 300 Ultra Prima at Robert Maron, Cal. 1759 Ultra Prima Chronometer at watch-auctions.co.uk. Whether these are genuinely distinct sub-calibers or auction-cataloguing drift on the same underlying movement is unsettled in the published record. The most defensible reading is that the Cal. 300 family runs from 1928–1937 with rectangular plates and that the higher caliber numbers (700-series, 1000-series, 1759) are commercial designations applied to the 1936-onward tonneau-plate generation under different finishing grades. The NAWCC discussion (Doug Sinclair, gmorse, Cary Hurt, March 2013) is the load-bearing source for the rectangular-plate versus tonneau-plate cutoff, regardless of the caliber number.		The auction-house labeling is not uniform. The same architectural specification (18-jewel, 6-position, Ultra Prima Chronometer) appears under different caliber numbers across different houses: Cal. 300 Ultra Prima at Robert Maron, Cal. 1759 Ultra Prima Chronometer at watch-auctions.co.uk. Whether these are genuinely distinct sub-calibers or auction-cataloguing drift on the same underlying movement is unsettled in the published record. The most defensible reading is that the Cal. 300 family runs from 1928–1937 with rectangular plates and that the higher caliber numbers (700-series, 1000-series, 1759) are commercial designations applied to the 1936-onward tonneau-plate generation under different finishing grades. The NAWCC discussion (Doug Sinclair, gmorse, Cary Hurt, March 2013) is the load-bearing source for the rectangular-plate versus tonneau-plate cutoff, regardless of the caliber number.

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	The 1862 hammer band sits in the GBP 3,000–7,500 range for typical 9K Glasgow-imported examples and reaches CHF 11,875 for the 1935 9K + steel two-tone with three-tone dial — an order of magnitude below the 1490's CHF 62,500 Beyer-double-signed Phillips ceiling. The discount reflects the 1862's lower period prestige (no Brancard premium, less period advertising) rather than any difference in movement grade or chronometer testing rigour. A chronometer-grade Ultra Prima 1862 carries the same Aegler movement architecture as a chronometer-grade Ultra Prima 1490 — the case shape and the period marketing diverge, the watchmaking does not.		The 1862 hammer band sits in the GBP 3,000–7,500 range for typical 9K Glasgow-imported examples and reaches CHF 11,875 for the 1935 9K + steel two-tone with three-tone dial — an order of magnitude below the 1490's CHF 62,500 Beyer-double-signed Phillips ceiling. The discount reflects the 1862's lower period prestige (no Brancard premium, less period advertising) rather than any difference in movement grade or chronometer testing rigour. A chronometer-grade Ultra Prima 1862 carries the same Aegler movement architecture as a chronometer-grade Ultra Prima 1490 — the case shape and the period marketing diverge, the watchmaking does not.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:1490\|Prince 1490]] — 1928–1945
			* [[Reference:971\|Prince 971]] — Brancard Art-Deco (1928–1938)
			* [[Reference:1491\|Prince 1491]] — 1930–1945
			* [[Reference:1527\|Prince 1527]] — 1930–1945
			* [[Reference:1343\|Prince 1343]] — Classic Rectangular (1928–1935)
			* [[Reference:3361\|Prince 3361]]

			See also the [[Reference:prince\|Prince family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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