74,750 HKD
Rolex, Prince Brancard, Ref. 971, 1930's. Very fine, rectangular curved, 18K white and yellow gold gentleman ' s wristwatch. two body, bicolour, flared, massive, polished, white gold, stepped sides, white and yellow gold stripes on the bezel. matte silver with applied gold Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. "Lozenge " gold hands. Notes The model Prince Brancard is certainly the most elegant wristwatch among form watches: rectangular, flared and slightly curved to better fit onto the wrist. The first models of Prince Brancard - Ref. 971, 971A, 971 U - were produced from 1929 to 1935; the platinum model is undoubtly the most sought after Prince among collectors and, interestingly the sale price of this watch, in 1929, was 65 pounds.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-06-07
