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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 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, 3059, 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 modern Cellini Prince is separate from the vintage rectangular Princes. Rolex introduced it in 2005; refs. [[Reference:5440/8|5440/8]] (yellow gold), [[Reference:5441/9|5441/9]] (white gold), and [[Reference:5442/5|5442/5]] (Everose gold) each have a page. | The vintage catalog includes 971, 1490, 1491, 1527, 1855, 1862, 3059, 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 modern Cellini Prince is separate from the vintage rectangular Princes. Rolex introduced it in 2005; refs. [[Reference:5440/8|5440/8]] (yellow gold), [[Reference:5441/9|5441/9]] (white gold), and [[Reference:5442/5|5442/5]] (Everose gold) each have a page. | ||
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| [[Reference:1491|1491]] || c.1930s || Brancard sibling || Aegler shaped || Brancard variant, smaller production | | [[Reference:1491|1491]] || c.1930s || Brancard sibling || Aegler shaped || Brancard variant, smaller production | ||
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| [[Reference:1855|1855]] || Catalogue examples c.1930–c.1940; endpoints unknown || Rectangular, flared sides || Shaped manual-wind Prince movement; no caliber confirmed || Two-tone steel/pink gold and 9K gold; traceable cases 14368, 14382, 14413 and 31705 | |||
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| [[Reference:1527|1527]] || c.1930s || Rectangular || Aegler shaped || Prince variant | | [[Reference:1527|1527]] || c.1930s || Rectangular || Aegler shaped || Prince variant | ||