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|title=Rolex Prince — Art-Deco Reference Guide to Every Model | Rolexopedia | |title=Rolex Prince — Art-Deco Reference Guide to Every Model | Rolexopedia | ||
|description=The Rolex Prince family, 1928 to mid-1940s. Rectangular Art-Deco "Brancard" stretcher cases, duo-dial architecture with sub-seconds at six, Aegler shaped chronometer movements (Cal. 300 / 350 / T.S. 300) in Prima, Extra Prima, and Ultra Prima grades. References 971, 1490, 1491, 1527, 1862, 3361, and 3937, with retailer signatures spanning Bucherer, Beyer, Beguin, Cooke & Kelvey, and the Eaton 1/4 Century Club. | |description=The Rolex Prince family, 1928 to mid-1940s. Rectangular Art-Deco "Brancard" stretcher cases, duo-dial architecture with sub-seconds at six, Aegler shaped chronometer movements (Cal. 300 / 350 / T.S. 300) in Prima, Extra Prima, and Ultra Prima grades. References 971, 1490, 1491, 1527, 1645, 1862, 3361, and 3937, with retailer signatures spanning Bucherer, Beyer, Beguin, Cooke & Kelvey, and the Eaton 1/4 Century Club. | ||
|keywords=Rolex Prince, Brancard, Chronometer, Doctor's Watch, 971, 1490, 1491, 1527, 1862, 3361, 3937, Aegler, Cal. 300, T.S. 300, Ultra Prima, Extra Prima, Beyer, Bucherer, Eaton 1/4 Century Club, Art Deco, vintage Rolex, observatory chronometer | |keywords=Rolex Prince, Brancard, Chronometer, Doctor's Watch, 971, 1490, 1491, 1527, 1645, 1862, 3361, 3937, Aegler, Cal. 300, T.S. 300, Ultra Prima, Extra Prima, Beyer, Bucherer, Eaton 1/4 Century Club, Art Deco, vintage Rolex, observatory chronometer | ||
|image=Ref 1490 hero.webp | |image=Ref 1490 hero.webp | ||
|image_alt=Rolex Prince Brancard Chronometer 1490 — Beyer-double-signed steel | |image_alt=Rolex Prince Brancard Chronometer 1490 — Beyer-double-signed steel | ||
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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, 3361, and 3937, with the unflared 1343 Classic 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. The Prince name returned in 2005 on the Cellini Prince, a different watch. | ||
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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: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 | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* [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://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080319/17 "Rolex Reference 1490 Prince Brancard, Retailed by Beyer", Phillips, 2019-11-08] | * [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080319/17 "Rolex Reference 1490 Prince Brancard, Retailed by Beyer", Phillips, 2019-11-08] | ||
* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080215/210 "Rolex Prince Reference 971 Platinum", Phillips, 2015-05-09] | * [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080215/210 "Rolex Prince Reference 971 Platinum", Phillips, 2015-05-09] | ||