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=== Matte champagne with applied yellow gold baton indices === | === Matte champagne with applied yellow gold baton indices === | ||
[[File:Ref 1343 dial-champagne.webp|thumb|right|220px|alt=Matte champagne dial with applied yellow gold batons, Antiquorum / Mondani lot 794|Matte champagne dial with applied yellow gold batons, Antiquorum / Mondani lot 794]] | |||
The Antiquorum / Mondani 1343A (May 2006, lot 794) wears this dial — matte champagne ground with applied yellow gold baton hour markers rather than Arabic numerals. Less common than the Arabic-numeral configuration; on the stainless steel "Rolesium" case the contrast between the gold batons and the steel case is the visual signature. | The Antiquorum / Mondani 1343A (May 2006, lot 794) wears this dial — matte champagne ground with applied yellow gold baton hour markers rather than Arabic numerals. Less common than the Arabic-numeral configuration; on the stainless steel "Rolesium" case the contrast between the gold batons and the steel case is the visual signature. | ||
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=== Restored doctor's dial === | === Restored doctor's dial === | ||
[[File:Ref 1343 doctors-dial.webp|thumb|right|220px|alt=9K gold two-tone striped doctor's-dial 1343, Christie's lot 306, case 66840|9K gold two-tone striped doctor's-dial 1343, Christie's lot 306, case 66840]] | |||
A documented white gold 1343 carries a restored doctor's-dial sweep-seconds layout. The doctor's complication on the Prince family canonically lives on the 1491 jump-hour — a documented doctor's-dial 1343 is unusual and likely restored rather than original. Treat any 1343 with a doctor's complication as suspect unless backed by major-house auction provenance. | A documented white gold 1343 carries a restored doctor's-dial sweep-seconds layout. The doctor's complication on the Prince family canonically lives on the 1491 jump-hour — a documented doctor's-dial 1343 is unusual and likely restored rather than original. Treat any 1343 with a doctor's complication as suspect unless backed by major-house auction provenance. | ||
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=== 1343B Tiger Stripe two-colour gold === | === 1343B Tiger Stripe two-colour gold === | ||
[[File:Ref 1343 tiger-stripe.webp|thumb|right|220px|alt=1343B Tiger Stripe two-colour gold, Bonhams 24632 lot 47|1343B Tiger Stripe two-colour gold, Bonhams 24632 lot 47]] | |||
The headline 1343 special variant. 18K two-colour white-and-yellow gold case with alternating vertical stripes — the "Tiger Stripe" name follows period catalogue language. The Bonhams 24632 December 2018 lot (Glasgow assay 1929, retailed by Charles Packer & Co Ltd, 76 Regent St London W) is the documented anchor: estimate £7,000–9,000, did not sell, and was re-offered at Bonhams 25394 in February 2019 at £7,000–9,300, again unsold. The Tiger Stripe is the visually distinctive 1343 — the only 1343 sub-variant that breaks the standard rectangular case material in any material way. Two unsold offerings at strong estimates suggests the secondary market reads the variant as scarce but not enough to clear the high estimates without a stronger consignor narrative. | The headline 1343 special variant. 18K two-colour white-and-yellow gold case with alternating vertical stripes — the "Tiger Stripe" name follows period catalogue language. The Bonhams 24632 December 2018 lot (Glasgow assay 1929, retailed by Charles Packer & Co Ltd, 76 Regent St London W) is the documented anchor: estimate £7,000–9,000, did not sell, and was re-offered at Bonhams 25394 in February 2019 at £7,000–9,300, again unsold. The Tiger Stripe is the visually distinctive 1343 — the only 1343 sub-variant that breaks the standard rectangular case material in any material way. Two unsold offerings at strong estimates suggests the secondary market reads the variant as scarce but not enough to clear the high estimates without a stronger consignor narrative. | ||