Important Watches: Part II

Important Watches: Part II

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 574. Retailed by Bucherer:  Prince, Ref. 971A  Yellow and white gold wristwatch  Circa 1930.

Property of a private Swiss collector

Rolex

Retailed by Bucherer: Prince, Ref. 971A Yellow and white gold wristwatch Circa 1930

Lot Closed

November 11, 01:11 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Property of a private Swiss collector


Rolex


Retailed by Bucherer:

Prince Brancard, Ref. 971A

Yellow and white gold wristwatch

Circa 1930



Dial: champagne

Calibre: manual winding, 15 jewels

Movement number: 70'267

Case: 14k yellow and white gold, snap-on back

Case number: 70'061

Closure: Rolex crocodile strap and 18k yellow gold buckle

Dimensions: 23 x 43 mm (including lugs)

Signed: case, dial and movement

Box: yes

Papers: no

Accessories: Rolex presentation case

The Rolex Prince, launched around 1928, is synonymous with a period of huge social and economic change. Everything about this watch was new; the layout of this newly patented watch movement allowed Rolex to use a rectangular case design instead of the traditional round case. This type of case allowed for a much larger dial, with an oversized and very legible subsidiary seconds dial. 


Two models were introduced at that time, the more subdued rectangular sided ‘doctor’s watch’ and the flared sided Brancardsuch as this present reference 971 which is further accompanied by its original presentation case.