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Prince › 1862

9K gold Glasgow 1934, Cal. 527, "Modèle déposé" dial, Christie's online lot 31
9K gold Glasgow 1934, Cal. 527, "Modèle déposé" dial, Christie's online lot 31

The 1862 is the Prince Classic — the straight-sided rectangular Prince that ran alongside the flared Brancards (971 and 1490) as a parallel case line. Where the Brancards splay outward from the case waist, the 1862 has parallel sides and a snap-on caseback; cited examples measure approximately 20 by 35 millimetres. The dial layout is the same Prince duo-dial, with hours and minutes above oversized sub-seconds at six, and the movement is the same Aegler shaped-caliber family that defined the Prince line, including chronometer-grade Ultra Prima examples. Production runs from a documented Glasgow 1934 hallmark through a 1942 caseback inscription. The surviving record contains fewer published 1862 examples than 1490 examples. Both references used the Prince movement family, while their case profiles differ.


Core facts

detail value
reference 1862
family Prince Classic (rectangular Art-Deco doctor's watch, non-Brancard)
production approximately 1928–1942 (documented 1934 Glasgow → 1942 caseback inscription)
case shape straight-sided rectangular ("Classic"), parallel flanks; not the flared Brancard form of the 971 / 1490
case dimensions approximately 20 mm × 35 mm body (short variant); approximately 20 mm × 39–40 mm body (longer-stepped variant); 25–26 mm × 42 mm with horns on largest examples
case construction three-piece, polished, snap-on caseback
crystal acrylic
crown onion / pull-out, non-screw (the Prince was not a water-resistant case)
lug style fixed wire lugs, integrated into the case
bezel smooth, polished; stepped on some variants; white-gold bezel documented on a 1936 Glasgow 9K example (Christie's London 2015)
movement family Aegler shaped: Cal. 300 / Cal. 350 / Cal. 7½′′′ T.S. 300 / Cal. 360 HW (rectangular plates 1928–1935; tonneau plates 1936-onward)
caliber-number variants documented on 1862 cases Cal. 300 / T.S. 300 base family (7½′′′); auction catalogues also print 527, 579, 841, and 1004 off the movement plate, and a single 1759 — almost certainly movement serial numbers rather than distinct calibers, per Reference:Movements. Cal. 414 (one dealer listing) and Cal. 701 (one photograph without a catalogue attribution) have no documented Prince connection
movement grades Prima, Extra Prima, Ultra Prima — all documented on 1862 examples
jewels 15 (Prima) / 17 / 18 (Extra Prima / Ultra Prima)
beat rate 18,000 vph
chronometer dial designation "Chronometer" or "Officially Certified Chronometer" — corresponds to Extra Prima or Ultra Prima grade
dial layout duo-dial with oversized sub-seconds register at six
year venue configuration hammer
2008 Bonhams London 18ct gold, Glasgow 1936 (result not published in the cited page record)
~2013 Christie's Geneva (sale 1395 group lot 307) 18K, case 16,663, c.1938 (paired with 1490) (group lot, hammer not posted publicly)
2015 Christie's London 9K, Glasgow 1936, Cal. 1004 8-position GBP 7,500
2016 Sotheby's Geneva GE1604 9K + steel three-tone dial, 1935 CHF 11,875 (price ceiling)
2018 Sotheby's NY n09911 1862A 18K yellow gold, c.1930 est. USD 3,000–5,000
2018 Sotheby's NY n09879 18K yellow gold unsold (est. USD 8,000–12,000)
~2022 Antiquorum Cal. 7½′′′ Extra Prima with Elinvar hairspring (catalogue details not stated in the page record)
2022 Bonhams Cal. 841 T (catalogue details not stated in the page record)
2026 Bonhams February platinum + 9K gold composite (platinum-bearing 1862 example identified in the cited record) (catalogue details not stated in the page record)
various Antiquorum / smaller houses 9K Glasgow-imported examples spanning 1934–1937 typically GBP 3,000–5,000

The cited results include GBP 7,500 for a 9K Glasgow example and CHF 11,875 for a 1935 9K-and-steel two-tone example. These results are from different sales and configurations, so they do not establish a current price band or a reference-wide discount. A chronometer-grade Ultra Prima 1862 and a chronometer-grade Ultra Prima 1490 are both described with the Aegler movement family; the case shapes differ.


Related references

See also the Prince family index, movement reference, bracelet & clasp guide, and serial numbers by year.

Sources

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