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拍品专文
It can be assumed that such display models were made for training and presentation purposes, to be used by the firms’ retailers to show the Prince caliber movement. Not available to the public the present example is one of the very few to appear at auction.
The firm launched until 1932 three different rectangular hand-wound calibers for the then new Prince collection. Caliber 300 with small seconds, caliber 310 with central seconds and caliber 350 with jumping hours. All three movements consist of the same movement base and therefore most of the parts were interchangeable. On the present movement the balance bridge is from caliber 350 without dovetail regulation. With its high-quality balance wheel and its finish to the escapement the firm produced one of the most accurate timepiece made to date. Furthermore these so-called shape movements fitted perfectly into the rectangular case of the Prince models.
The Prince History is illustrated and described in Chapter 4 “Someday my Prince will come” in The Best of Time - Rolex Wristwatches by James M. Dowling & Jeffrey P. Hess, pp. 111 to 133.
The firm launched until 1932 three different rectangular hand-wound calibers for the then new Prince collection. Caliber 300 with small seconds, caliber 310 with central seconds and caliber 350 with jumping hours. All three movements consist of the same movement base and therefore most of the parts were interchangeable. On the present movement the balance bridge is from caliber 350 without dovetail regulation. With its high-quality balance wheel and its finish to the escapement the firm produced one of the most accurate timepiece made to date. Furthermore these so-called shape movements fitted perfectly into the rectangular case of the Prince models.
The Prince History is illustrated and described in Chapter 4 “Someday my Prince will come” in The Best of Time - Rolex Wristwatches by James M. Dowling & Jeffrey P. Hess, pp. 111 to 133.