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	The 1491 commands a 2–4× premium over a comparable steel or yellow-gold 1490, and a 5–10× premium in white-gold or bicolor HS form. Phillips Geneva carries no documented 1491 lots in their public archive. Auction representation runs through Antiquorum and Bonhams, with Christie's, Artcurial, and Tajan filling out the European tier. Sotheby's GE1604 lot 135 from 2016 (an unsold 1491 estimate) is cited via aggregator only and lacks direct catalog documentation in the public record.		The 1491 commands a 2–4× premium over a comparable steel or yellow-gold 1490, and a 5–10× premium in white-gold or bicolor HS form. Phillips Geneva carries no documented 1491 lots in their public archive. Auction representation runs through Antiquorum and Bonhams, with Christie's, Artcurial, and Tajan filling out the European tier. Sotheby's GE1604 lot 135 from 2016 (an unsold 1491 estimate) is cited via aggregator only and lacks direct catalog documentation in the public record.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:1527\|Prince 1527]] — 1930–1945
			* [[Reference:1490\|Prince 1490]] — 1928–1945
			* [[Reference:1862\|Prince 1862]] — 1928–1942
			* [[Reference:971\|Prince 971]] — Brancard Art-Deco (1928–1938)
			* [[Reference:1343\|Prince 1343]] — Classic Rectangular (1928–1935)
			* [[Reference:3361\|Prince 3361]]

			See also the [[Reference:prince\|Prince family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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	\|description=The Rolex Prince Brancard Jumping Hour 1491 — Rolex's only catalogued rectangular wrist with a heures sautantes display. Digital hour aperture at twelve, minutes around the dial, sub-seconds at six. Aegler shaped movement (Cal. 350 T.S. / 7½′′′ Extra Prima Observatory) plus Aegler-built jump-hour module. Distinct deeper case than the 1490; HS suffix on factory casebacks (F2149HS, F220) on dressy white-gold and bicolor sub-runs. Production 1930–1945.		\|description=The Rolex Prince Brancard Jumping Hour 1491 — Rolex's only catalogued rectangular wrist with a heures sautantes display. Digital hour aperture at twelve, minutes around the dial, sub-seconds at six. Aegler shaped movement (Cal. 350 T.S. / 7½′′′ Extra Prima Observatory) plus Aegler-built jump-hour module. Distinct deeper case than the 1490; HS suffix on factory casebacks (F2149HS, F220) on dressy white-gold and bicolor sub-runs. Production 1930–1945.
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	The 1491 is the Brancard Jumping Hour Prince — Rolex's only catalogued rectangular wrist with a heures sautantes display, produced from 1930 into the mid-1940s. The hours read through a digital aperture at twelve o'clock, the minutes track around the dial, and the sub-seconds register sits at six. The case is a flared Brancard form, visually similar to the 1490 but slightly thicker because the jump-hour module added depth to the standard Prince movement architecture. That dimensional difference is the single most reliable authentication anchor: a 1491 case is deeper than a 1490 case, and the deeper case carries a distinct case-number sequence, often stamped with an explicit "HS" suffix (Heures Sautantes) on the inside of the caseback. The complication earned the watch the "1491HS" designation in dressy white-gold and bicolor sub-runs, with factory case stamps like F2149HS and F220 confirming the suffix is applied at the case level, not just by auction-catalog convention. The watch was commercially short-lived. Readers found the jumping-hour layout difficult to interpret, the Depression and Rolex's own Oyster Perpetual marketing absorbed catalog momentum, and the manufacturing complexity discouraged sustained production. Surviving examples are scarce; collector reports place the surfaced population in the low hundreds, with public auction examples surfacing roughly once per decade for the rarest configurations.		The 1491 is the Brancard Jumping Hour Prince — Rolex's only catalogued rectangular wrist with a heures sautantes display, produced from 1930 into the mid-1940s. The hours read through a digital aperture at twelve o'clock, the minutes track around the dial, and the sub-seconds register sits at six. The case is a flared Brancard form, visually similar to the 1490 but slightly thicker because the jump-hour module added depth to the standard Prince movement architecture. That dimensional difference is the single most reliable authentication anchor: a 1491 case is deeper than a 1490 case, and the deeper case carries a distinct case-number sequence, often stamped with an explicit "HS" suffix (Heures Sautantes) on the inside of the caseback. The complication earned the watch the "1491HS" designation in dressy white-gold and bicolor sub-runs, with factory case stamps like F2149HS and F220 confirming the suffix is applied at the case level, not just by auction-catalog convention. The watch was commercially short-lived. Readers found the jumping-hour layout difficult to interpret, the Depression and Rolex's own Oyster Perpetual marketing absorbed catalog momentum, and the manufacturing complexity discouraged sustained production. Surviving examples are scarce; collector reports place the surfaced population in the low hundreds, with public auction examples surfacing roughly once per decade for the rarest configurations.

	[[File:Ref 1491 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|~~340px~~\|alt=Rolex Prince 1491HS two-color 18K gold jumping hour\|1491HS two-color 18K gold (Bonhams sale 29152 lot 6, c.1930) — jump-hour aperture at twelve, sub-seconds at six]]		[[File:Ref 1491 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Prince 1491HS two-color 18K gold jumping hour\|1491HS two-color 18K gold (Bonhams sale 29152 lot 6, c.1930) — jump-hour aperture at twelve, sub-seconds at six]]

	==Core facts==		==Core facts==

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