Rolex – Prince

The term rare is maybe over used when it comes to vintage watches…but this really is a rare watch! Dating to the 1930s, this Rolex Prince features a two-tone dial in original unrestored condition with silver panel detail. The hour and minute register features art deco stylized arabic numerals and blued steel hands. The large sub seconds dial takes up the bottom half of the dial and features a large seconds track and elegant blued steel hand.  Now considered as one of the most groundbreaking watches ever released, the Prince has been produced in various versions such as the Classic, the Brancard or the Railway like the lot offered here. The “Railway Prince” was released in 1930s and was designed after the look of locomotives.