22nd Jan, 2026 9:30
Rolex – A 1930s 9ct Gold Prince Wristwatch
Reference: 1343
Serial: 66826
Year: Glasgow Import Marks, dated 1929
Bezel: Smooth
Case Material: 9ct Yellow Gold
Case Diameter: 20mm x 38mm
Dial: White, Blued Poire Hands
Numerals: Arabic, Minute Track
Crown: Fluted
Movement: Rolex Calibre 8160 15-Jewel Manual Wind Movement, Observatory Quality, Timed 6 Positions, For All Climates
Complication: Seconds Subsidiary Dial to lower half of dial
Strap: After-Market Brown leather Strap
Inner Circumference: Approximately 16.5cm at smallest, 20.0cm at widest
Buckle: Rolex Gold-Plated Buckle
Box: No
Papers: No
Gross Weight: 29.3 grams
Thinking of Selling a Rolex?
If you’re considering parting with a Rolex watch you no longer wear or need, Dawsons can help you achieve the best possible price. Our friendly experts offer free valuations and clear advice, guiding you through a seamless selling process. It’s simple and risk-free to sell your watch with Dawsons. If our expert team value your watch at £1,000 or more, we will sell your watch at no cost to you at all, which means you will pay no seller’s commission, no entry fees, no marketing fees, you will pay nothing… there are no hidden charges. Once your watch is successfully sold, you’ll receive 100% of the sale (hammer) price.
For your protection, every watch with an estimate over £1,500 is checked against the Watch Register. This is an independent company who hold the world’s largest, most established, international database of lost, stolen, and fake watches, containing data compiled over 35 years – providing Dawsons’ buyers with complete peace of mind.
Sold for £3,500
Condition Report
The watch is currently running, no long-term tests have been performed and accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
A full service is advised on all watches and pocket watches once purchased.
Slight surface scratches, scuffs and small dents throughout, commensurate with age and use.
Scratches and slight scuffs to crystal.
Discolouration, debris and marks to dial.
Slight wear to hands, visible only under 10x loupe.
Case back features personal engraving which reads ‘T.A.D.H Xmas 1930’. Engraving is worn and shallow.
Slight wear to brown leather strap.
Wear to gold-plating on buckle.
No Box. No Papers.
Note that the online condition report may not mention mechanical replacements or imperfections to the movement, case, dial, pendulum, separate base(s) or dome.
Watches with water-resistant cases may have been opened to examine movements, but no warranties are given regarding their water resistance.
Note that this piece is available to view, and we recommend that you do as that we cannot guarantee the authenticity or originality of individual components, such as wheels, hands, crowns, crystals, screws, bracelets, and wrist bands, since subsequent repairs and restoration may have changed the original components. Also, we cannot guarantee the authenticity or originality of any engraving or re-engraving on watch cases, case backs, bracelets, straps, or internal movements.
For your protection, every watch with an estimate over £1,500 is checked against the Watch Register. This is an independent company who hold the world’s largest, most established, international database of lost, stolen, and fake watches, containing data compiled over 35 years – providing Dawsons’ buyers with complete peace of mind.
Rolex – A 1930s 9ct Gold Prince Wristwatch
Reference: 1343
Serial: 66826
Year: Glasgow Import Marks, dated 1929
Bezel: Smooth
Case Material: 9ct Yellow Gold
Case Diameter: 20mm x 38mm
Dial: White, Blued Poire Hands
Numerals: Arabic, Minute Track
Crown: Fluted
Movement: Rolex Calibre 8160 15-Jewel Manual Wind Movement, Observatory Quality, Timed 6 Positions, For All Climates
Complication: Seconds Subsidiary Dial to lower half of dial
Strap: After-Market Brown leather Strap
Inner Circumference: Approximately 16.5cm at smallest, 20.0cm at widest
Buckle: Rolex Gold-Plated Buckle
Box: No
Papers: No
Gross Weight: 29.3 grams
Thinking of Selling a Rolex?
If you’re considering parting with a Rolex watch you no longer wear or need, Dawsons can help you achieve the best possible price. Our friendly experts offer free valuations and clear advice, guiding you through a seamless selling process. It’s simple and risk-free to sell your watch with Dawsons. If our expert team value your watch at £1,000 or more, we will sell your watch at no cost to you at all, which means you will pay no seller’s commission, no entry fees, no marketing fees, you will pay nothing… there are no hidden charges. Once your watch is successfully sold, you’ll receive 100% of the sale (hammer) price.
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