Reference:5441/9: Difference between revisions

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Rolex identifies the movement as manually wound Cal. 7040-3, made by Rolex, chronometer-certified, fitted with Paraflex shock absorbers and rated for about 72 hours of power reserve. [[Reference:Movements|The Movements register]] lists the suffixes used across the Cellini Prince line. The movement's bridges repeat the dial's Godron Circulaire decoration.

Rolex's ~~reference-specific~~ page ~~and the~~ Christie's and Sotheby's ~~records~~ identify Cal. 7040-3. Antiquorum ~~assigns~~ Cal. 7040-1 ~~to case D758994~~. The available ~~record leaves that single label unresolved; no movement~~ photograph ~~is clear enough to verify it~~.

Rolex's page, Christie's and Sotheby's identify Cal. 7040-3, while Antiquorum's 2008 catalogue calls case D758994 Cal. 7040-1. The available photograph of D758994 does not show a readable caliber engraving.

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Rolex describes a rectangular 18 ct white-gold case, vertical relief between the lugs and a transparent caseback. Christie's and Sotheby's add curved sides and ribbed, hooded lugs. Rolex's 2008 price list specifies a sapphire crystal and transparent back.

~~Catalogue measurements range from~~ 42 mm ~~to 44 mm long~~; Sotheby's ~~also~~ gives 27 mm ~~across~~. ~~Neither auction house states its~~ measurement points~~, so keep each figure with its lot~~.

Christie's records 42 mm in length; Sotheby's gives 44 mm in length and 27 mm in width. Their catalogues do not specify the measurement points.

==~~Bracelet,~~ clasp~~, and packaging~~==

==Strap and clasp==

Rolex ~~paired the watch with~~ a black alligator strap and ~~an 18 ct~~ white-gold butterfly clasp. ~~Auction descriptions use several~~ clasp ~~terms, including hidden and~~ twin-folding~~; these describe individual examples and~~ do not establish a clasp change during production.

Rolex lists a black alligator strap and white-gold butterfly clasp. Christie's describes a hidden clasp on its 2007 example; Sotheby's calls its 2010 example twin-folding. The records do not establish a clasp change during production.

==Auction record==

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 Rolex identifies the movement as manually wound Cal. 7040-3, made by Rolex, chronometer-certified, fitted with Paraflex shock absorbers and rated for about 72 hours of power reserve. [[Reference:Movements|The Movements register]] lists the suffixes used across the Cellini Prince line. The movement's bridges repeat the dial's Godron Circulaire decoration.
-Rolex's reference-specific page and the Christie's and Sotheby's records identify Cal. 7040-3. Antiquorum assigns Cal. 7040-1 to case D758994. The available record leaves that single label unresolved; no movement photograph is clear enough to verify it.
+Rolex's page, Christie's and Sotheby's identify Cal. 7040-3, while Antiquorum's 2008 catalogue calls case D758994 Cal. 7040-1. The available photograph of D758994 does not show a readable caliber engraving.
 [[File:Ref 5441-9 caseback.webp|thumb|right|220px|alt=Display back of the white-gold Cellini Prince 5441/9 showing its decorated manual movement|Movement and display back from Sotheby's, Watches Online 5 (2019), case D757247]]
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 Rolex describes a rectangular 18 ct white-gold case, vertical relief between the lugs and a transparent caseback. Christie's and Sotheby's add curved sides and ribbed, hooded lugs. Rolex's 2008 price list specifies a sapphire crystal and transparent back.
-Catalogue measurements range from 42 mm to 44 mm long; Sotheby's also gives 27 mm across. Neither auction house states its measurement points, so keep each figure with its lot.
+Christie's records 42 mm in length; Sotheby's gives 44 mm in length and 27 mm in width. Their catalogues do not specify the measurement points.
-==Bracelet, clasp, and packaging==
+==Strap and clasp==
-Rolex paired the watch with a black alligator strap and an 18 ct white-gold butterfly clasp. Auction descriptions use several clasp terms, including hidden and twin-folding; these describe individual examples and do not establish a clasp change during production.
+Rolex lists a black alligator strap and white-gold butterfly clasp. Christie's describes a hidden clasp on its 2007 example; Sotheby's calls its 2010 example twin-folding. The records do not establish a clasp change during production.
 ==Auction record==