{"product_id":"prince-imperial-31-victoires-de-haute-precision-c-1930","title":"Prince Imperial, 31 Victoires de Haute Precision, c.1930","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Rolex Prince Imperial in stainless steel, its caseback factory-engraved 31 Victoires de Haute Précision, Genève Suisse: the observatory record Rolex had built by the time it was made. The salmon two-zone dial is clean, original and exceptional.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Prince is one of the defining objects of Art Deco watchmaking, and this is the form it takes in the metal: a two-zone face, the main chapter ring above, the subsidiary seconds set apart below, the whole dial a study in controlled proportion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dial is the exceptional thing about this example. The salmon and champagne lacquer is clean and deep, the guilloché texture of the seconds register intact, the Roman numerals at twelve, three and nine sharp between their baton markers, the blued steel hands original and straight. Prince dials are fragile objects that have had ninety years to go wrong, to spot, to fade, to be repainted or replaced, and this one did none of it. What you see is how it left the factory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the caseback: factory-engraved with the record the Prince line was sold on. Thirty-one precision victories at the Geneva Observatory, the tally Rolex had accumulated across its competition campaigns, cut into the steel of the watch itself rather than printed on a certificate that could be lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteel cases are the smaller part of surviving Prince production; most were gold. The watch winds, sets and runs correctly, and it comes with its Albert curb-link chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe marks, the movement and the condition are set out piece by piece in the drawers below; the observatory engraving is recorded in The Record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rolex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54591950225747,"sku":"PW-0130","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/rolex-stainless-steel-pocket-watch-1_hero.jpg?v=1786758782","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/prince-imperial-31-victoires-de-haute-precision-c-1930","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}