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The Rolex Prince is a rectangular Art-Deco family introduced in 1928 and produced into the mid-1940s. Its Aegler shaped movement places the winding barrel at one end of the plate and the balance at the other. The defining dial layout has hours and minutes in the upper register and sub-seconds at six, the format behind the later “doctor's watch” nickname. Period advertising presented the Prince as a chronometer model, but the grade and dial designation still need to be checked on each watch.

The vintage catalog includes 971, 1490, 1491, 1527, 1862, 3361, and 3937, with the unflared 1343 Classic and pocket-watch reference 1645 alongside them. Production tapered during the Second World War as Rolex concentrated on the Oyster Perpetual platform. A documented Prince case carries a 1947 dedication, but that is an example date rather than a firm end date for the family. ~~The~~ Prince ~~name returned in~~ 2005 ~~on the~~ Cellini Prince, a ~~different watch~~.

The vintage catalog includes 971, 1490, 1491, 1527, 1862, 3361, and 3937, with the unflared 1343 Classic and pocket-watch reference 1645 alongside them. Production tapered during the Second World War as Rolex concentrated on the Oyster Perpetual platform. A documented Prince case carries a 1947 dedication, but that is an example date rather than a firm end date for the family. Watch LIFE NEWS dates the modern Cellini Prince revival to 2005. The Cellini Prince is separate from the vintage rectangular Princes; refs. [[Reference:5440/8|5440/8]] (yellow gold) and [[Reference:5441/9|5441/9]] (white gold) each have a page.

== Common entry points ==

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== References ==

The active-scope Prince references covered on this wiki:

The active-scope Prince references covered on this wiki include ref. 1768, documented in auction catalogues as “Railway.”

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| [[Reference:1343|1343]] || c.1928/1929–c.1935 || Unflared rectangular Classic || Aegler 7½ ligne shaped, 15j Observatory Quality || The Prince Classic; the unflared sister to the 971/1490 Brancards. Suffix system: 1343 (silver), 1343A (standard, multiple metals), 1343B (Tiger Stripe two-colour gold). Friedberg reads 1343 + 971 as the 1928 launch pair; ''Rolex Magazine'' 2017 reads 1343 + 1490

|-

| [[Reference:971|971]] || c.~~1928–early 1930s~~ || Early Brancard "stretcher" || Aegler shaped (early variants) || ~~The original Brancard;~~ Friedberg's 2001 ~~Timezone~~ article ~~assigns~~ the ~~Brancard nickname here, while modern~~ auction~~-house convention has shifted the nickname to~~ the 1490

| [[Reference:971|971]] || 1928 hallmark; Sotheby's dates a 971U example c.1939 || Early Brancard "stretcher" || Aegler shaped (early variants) || Friedberg's 2001 TimeZone article applies Brancard to the 971; later auction catalogues often use it for the 1490

|-

| [[Reference:1490|1490]] || c.1928–c.1945 || Larger flared Brancard, ~36–37×22–23mm body || Cal. 300 / Cal. 350 / Cal. 7½′′′ T.S. 300 || The most frequently catalogued Prince reference, with documented examples in steel, 9K/10K/14K/18K gold, pink gold, two-tone, Tiger Stripe bi-color, and platinum

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| [[Reference:1527|1527]] || c.1930s || Rectangular || Aegler shaped || Prince variant

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| [[Reference:1768|1768]] || Auction dates c.1927–c.1940; production endpoints unknown || Stepped rectangular || Manual wind; catalogues use differing movement labels || “Railway” auction name; two-register dial, with steel, gold, and mixed-metal examples [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4642354 Christie’s, case 011069]

|-

| [[Reference:1862|1862]] || c.1930s–1940s || Rectangular || Aegler shaped || Prince variant; surfaces alongside the 1490 in Christie's group lot 1395-307 (18K, case 16,663, c.1938)

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| [[Reference:1880|1880]] || 1930s examples; endpoints unknown || Rectangular || Manual wind; catalogues variously record HW, C.360, Ultra Prima and a curved-sided 17-jewel movement || Steel, partly gilt steel and a directly identified 9ct-gold Prince Elegant retailed by C. Bucherer; [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4642619 Christie’s lot 410], [https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/important-watches-ge1901/lot.166.html Sotheby’s lot 166] and [https://ineichen.com/upload/iblock/83c/fnnltq7byndm2n2lwa14zfgz3qzl1tuc.pdf Ineichen lot 133] identify the reference

|-

| [[Reference:3361|3361]] || c.1930s–1940s || Rectangular || Aegler shaped || Late Prince variant

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| [[Reference:3937|3937]] || c.1938–c.1950 catalogue examples; production span unknown || Rectangular || Prince movement descriptions vary by lot || Late Prince variant

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| [[Reference:1645|1645]] || Auction examples dated c.1930–c.1945; one Antiquorum catalogue gives a broader early-1940s–1950s span || Irregular hexagonal open-face pocket watch with snap-on back and hinged bow || Shaped manual movements catalogued as 17-jewel Ultra Prima or Class A Observatory; ~~caliber not identified~~ || Prince Imperial name; steel, two-tone and gold cases with separate time and seconds dials

| [[Reference:1645|1645]] || Auction examples dated c.1930–c.1945; one Antiquorum catalogue gives a broader early-1940s–1950s span || Irregular hexagonal open-face pocket watch with snap-on back and hinged bow || Shaped manual movements catalogued as 17-jewel Ultra Prima or Class A Observatory; the Field Manual lists 5096, unconfirmed on a movement || Prince Imperial name; steel, two-tone and gold cases with separate time and seconds dials

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* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/important-watches-online/prince-imperial-reference-1645-a-rolesium-steel Sotheby’s, 2023, Prince Imperial 1645, lot 331]

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1645-lot-278-105 Antiquorum, 2013, Prince Imperial 1645, lot 105]

* [https://auctions.tennants.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-2170---rolex-a-rare-9-carat-gold-pocket-watch/?lot=2441604&sd=1 Tennants, 2023, Prince Imperial 1645, lot 2170]

* Colin A. White, The Vintage Rolex Field Manual, “Prince, Princess & Queen References” table: ref. 1645 listed with 5096 in the Cal. column.

* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080319/17 "Rolex Reference 1490 Prince Brancard, Retailed by Beyer", Phillips, 2019-11-08]

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* Dowling & Hess, "The Best of Time: Rolex Wristwatches"

* Colin A. White, "The Vintage Rolex Field Manual", Morning Tundra

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1768-prince-lot-361-47 Antiquorum, ref. 1768 case 010353, 2023]

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1768-lot-307-118 Antiquorum, ref. 1768 case 019784, 2017]

* [https://uhren-muser.de/en/archives/108/57379 Uhren-Muser, ref. 1768 case 019794, 2023]

* [https://www.rossini.fr/lot/131847/19633433 Rossini, ref. 1768 case 01028, circa 1927]

* [https://www.pandolfini.it/uploads/auctions/20141125.pdf Pandolfini, ref. 1768 case 12'672, 1930s]

* [https://www.cannesauction.com/en-lots/64330 Besch Cannes Auction, ref. 1768, circa 1937]

* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4642354 Christie’s, Prince ref. 1768 case 011069, circa 1940]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141220000635/http://www.rolex.com/watches/cellini-rolex-prince/m5441_9-0012.html Rolex, Cellini Prince 5441/9 product page (archived 2014)]

* [https://www.powerwatch.jp/2021/01/31/rolex_79/ Yoshimasa Kikuchi, Watch LIFE NEWS, 2021]

* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/cellini-rolex-prince-the-rolex-nobody-knows-and-should Jack Forster, Hodinkee, modern Cellini Prince introduction (2015)]

[[Category:Prince]]

[[Category:Family]]

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 The Rolex Prince is a rectangular Art-Deco family introduced in 1928 and produced into the mid-1940s. Its Aegler shaped movement places the winding barrel at one end of the plate and the balance at the other. The defining dial layout has hours and minutes in the upper register and sub-seconds at six, the format behind the later “doctor's watch” nickname. Period advertising presented the Prince as a chronometer model, but the grade and dial designation still need to be checked on each watch.
-The vintage catalog includes 971, 1490, 1491, 1527, 1862, 3361, and 3937, with the unflared 1343 Classic and pocket-watch reference 1645 alongside them. Production tapered during the Second World War as Rolex concentrated on the Oyster Perpetual platform. A documented Prince case carries a 1947 dedication, but that is an example date rather than a firm end date for the family. The Prince name returned in 2005 on the Cellini Prince, a different watch.
+The vintage catalog includes 971, 1490, 1491, 1527, 1862, 3361, and 3937, with the unflared 1343 Classic and pocket-watch reference 1645 alongside them. Production tapered during the Second World War as Rolex concentrated on the Oyster Perpetual platform. A documented Prince case carries a 1947 dedication, but that is an example date rather than a firm end date for the family. Watch LIFE NEWS dates the modern Cellini Prince revival to 2005. The Cellini Prince is separate from the vintage rectangular Princes; refs. [[Reference:5440/8|5440/8]] (yellow gold) and [[Reference:5441/9|5441/9]] (white gold) each have a page.
 == Common entry points ==
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 == References ==
-The active-scope Prince references covered on this wiki:
+The active-scope Prince references covered on this wiki include ref. 1768, documented in auction catalogues as “Railway.”
 {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
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 | [[Reference:1343|1343]] || c.1928/1929–c.1935 || Unflared rectangular Classic || Aegler 7½ ligne shaped, 15j Observatory Quality || The Prince Classic; the unflared sister to the 971/1490 Brancards. Suffix system: 1343 (silver), 1343A (standard, multiple metals), 1343B (Tiger Stripe two-colour gold). Friedberg reads 1343 + 971 as the 1928 launch pair; ''Rolex Magazine'' 2017 reads 1343 + 1490
 |-
-| [[Reference:971|971]] || c.1928–early 1930s || Early Brancard "stretcher" || Aegler shaped (early variants) || The original Brancard; Friedberg's 2001 Timezone article assigns the Brancard nickname here, while modern auction-house convention has shifted the nickname to the 1490
+| [[Reference:971|971]] || 1928 hallmark; Sotheby's dates a 971U example c.1939 || Early Brancard "stretcher" || Aegler shaped (early variants) || Friedberg's 2001 TimeZone article applies Brancard to the 971; later auction catalogues often use it for the 1490
 |-
 | [[Reference:1490|1490]] || c.1928–c.1945 || Larger flared Brancard, ~36–37×22–23mm body || Cal. 300 / Cal. 350 / Cal. 7½′′′ T.S. 300 || The most frequently catalogued Prince reference, with documented examples in steel, 9K/10K/14K/18K gold, pink gold, two-tone, Tiger Stripe bi-color, and platinum
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 |-
 | [[Reference:1527|1527]] || c.1930s || Rectangular || Aegler shaped || Prince variant
+|-
+| [[Reference:1768|1768]] || Auction dates c.1927–c.1940; production endpoints unknown || Stepped rectangular || Manual wind; catalogues use differing movement labels || “Railway” auction name; two-register dial, with steel, gold, and mixed-metal examples [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4642354 Christie’s, case 011069]
 |-
 | [[Reference:1862|1862]] || c.1930s–1940s || Rectangular || Aegler shaped || Prince variant; surfaces alongside the 1490 in Christie's group lot 1395-307 (18K, case 16,663, c.1938)
+|-
+| [[Reference:1880|1880]] || 1930s examples; endpoints unknown || Rectangular || Manual wind; catalogues variously record HW, C.360, Ultra Prima and a curved-sided 17-jewel movement || Steel, partly gilt steel and a directly identified 9ct-gold Prince Elegant retailed by C. Bucherer; [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4642619 Christie’s lot 410], [https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/important-watches-ge1901/lot.166.html Sotheby’s lot 166] and [https://ineichen.com/upload/iblock/83c/fnnltq7byndm2n2lwa14zfgz3qzl1tuc.pdf Ineichen lot 133] identify the reference
 |-
 | [[Reference:3361|3361]] || c.1930s–1940s || Rectangular || Aegler shaped || Late Prince variant
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 | [[Reference:3937|3937]] || c.1938–c.1950 catalogue examples; production span unknown || Rectangular || Prince movement descriptions vary by lot || Late Prince variant
 |-
-| [[Reference:1645|1645]] || Auction examples dated c.1930–c.1945; one Antiquorum catalogue gives a broader early-1940s–1950s span || Irregular hexagonal open-face pocket watch with snap-on back and hinged bow || Shaped manual movements catalogued as 17-jewel Ultra Prima or Class A Observatory; caliber not identified || Prince Imperial name; steel, two-tone and gold cases with separate time and seconds dials
+| [[Reference:1645|1645]] || Auction examples dated c.1930–c.1945; one Antiquorum catalogue gives a broader early-1940s–1950s span || Irregular hexagonal open-face pocket watch with snap-on back and hinged bow || Shaped manual movements catalogued as 17-jewel Ultra Prima or Class A Observatory; the Field Manual lists 5096, unconfirmed on a movement || Prince Imperial name; steel, two-tone and gold cases with separate time and seconds dials
 |}
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 * [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/important-watches-online/prince-imperial-reference-1645-a-rolesium-steel Sotheby’s, 2023, Prince Imperial 1645, lot 331]
 * [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1645-lot-278-105 Antiquorum, 2013, Prince Imperial 1645, lot 105]
+* [https://auctions.tennants.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-2170---rolex-a-rare-9-carat-gold-pocket-watch/?lot=2441604&sd=1 Tennants, 2023, Prince Imperial 1645, lot 2170]
+* Colin A. White, The Vintage Rolex Field Manual, “Prince, Princess & Queen References” table: ref. 1645 listed with 5096 in the Cal. column.
 * [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080319/17 "Rolex Reference 1490 Prince Brancard, Retailed by Beyer", Phillips, 2019-11-08]
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 * Dowling & Hess, "The Best of Time: Rolex Wristwatches"
 * Colin A. White, "The Vintage Rolex Field Manual", Morning Tundra
+* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1768-prince-lot-361-47 Antiquorum, ref. 1768 case 010353, 2023]
+* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1768-lot-307-118 Antiquorum, ref. 1768 case 019784, 2017]
+* [https://uhren-muser.de/en/archives/108/57379 Uhren-Muser, ref. 1768 case 019794, 2023]
+* [https://www.rossini.fr/lot/131847/19633433 Rossini, ref. 1768 case 01028, circa 1927]
+* [https://www.pandolfini.it/uploads/auctions/20141125.pdf Pandolfini, ref. 1768 case 12'672, 1930s]
+* [https://www.cannesauction.com/en-lots/64330 Besch Cannes Auction, ref. 1768, circa 1937]
+* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4642354 Christie’s, Prince ref. 1768 case 011069, circa 1940]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141220000635/http://www.rolex.com/watches/cellini-rolex-prince/m5441_9-0012.html Rolex, Cellini Prince 5441/9 product page (archived 2014)]
+* [https://www.powerwatch.jp/2021/01/31/rolex_79/ Yoshimasa Kikuchi, Watch LIFE NEWS, 2021]
+* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/cellini-rolex-prince-the-rolex-nobody-knows-and-should Jack Forster, Hodinkee, modern Cellini Prince introduction (2015)]
 [[Category:Prince]]
 [[Category:Family]]