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	The hammer band runs from USD 1,912 (steel + gold-filled, the 1940s budget configuration) to CHF 27,140 (Mondani 1931 white + yellow with bamboo bracelet, the corpus high). The bicolor 18K configurations sit in the GBP 5,000–9,000 range when sold in plain catalog form, rising sharply with provenance, original bracelet, or documented Mondani-tier provenance. The Cooke & Kelvey example at CHF 5,250 sits at the lower end of solid-gold configurations because the Cooke & Kelvey signing premium does not match the Bucherer or Beyer signing premium on the 1490 — the Calcutta retailer relationship is documented but smaller in market influence than the Swiss equivalents. Phillips carries no documented 1527 lots in their public archive — the reference's auction representation runs through Antiquorum, Bonhams, Sotheby's, and Christie's.		The hammer band runs from USD 1,912 (steel + gold-filled, the 1940s budget configuration) to CHF 27,140 (Mondani 1931 white + yellow with bamboo bracelet, the corpus high). The bicolor 18K configurations sit in the GBP 5,000–9,000 range when sold in plain catalog form, rising sharply with provenance, original bracelet, or documented Mondani-tier provenance. The Cooke & Kelvey example at CHF 5,250 sits at the lower end of solid-gold configurations because the Cooke & Kelvey signing premium does not match the Bucherer or Beyer signing premium on the 1490 — the Calcutta retailer relationship is documented but smaller in market influence than the Swiss equivalents. Phillips carries no documented 1527 lots in their public archive — the reference's auction representation runs through Antiquorum, Bonhams, Sotheby's, and Christie's.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:1491\|Prince 1491]] — 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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	The 1527 is the Railway Prince. The case steps inward from the lugs in machined bands of solid gold, alternating white with pink (the canonical pairing) or white with yellow on rarer examples, producing a profile that read in the late 1920s and 1930s as obviously locomotive-inspired Art Deco. Each step is a discrete piece of solid 18K gold rather than an applied band over a base case, which makes the construction structurally distinct from the smooth bicolor 971A "Tiger Stripe" and visually distinct from every other Prince reference. The duo-dial layout is the standard Prince architecture — hours and minutes upper, sub-seconds at six — and the movement is the Aegler 7½′′′ T.S. 300 in Extra Prima or Ultra Prima grade. Production runs from a documented 1931 Mondani example into the 1940s, with a steel + gold-filled Bonhams 2006 lot anchoring the late-production end. The reference is genuinely rare in the modern auction record — fewer than fifteen distinct lots in the public auction record across the past three decades, comparable to the 971 in stepped-bicolor form rather than to the more common 1490. The collector watchmaker watch-guy.com calls it "the only rectangular Prince worth having."		The 1527 is the Railway Prince. The case steps inward from the lugs in machined bands of solid gold, alternating white with pink (the canonical pairing) or white with yellow on rarer examples, producing a profile that read in the late 1920s and 1930s as obviously locomotive-inspired Art Deco. Each step is a discrete piece of solid 18K gold rather than an applied band over a base case, which makes the construction structurally distinct from the smooth bicolor 971A "Tiger Stripe" and visually distinct from every other Prince reference. The duo-dial layout is the standard Prince architecture — hours and minutes upper, sub-seconds at six — and the movement is the Aegler 7½′′′ T.S. 300 in Extra Prima or Ultra Prima grade. Production runs from a documented 1931 Mondani example into the 1940s, with a steel + gold-filled Bonhams 2006 lot anchoring the late-production end. The reference is genuinely rare in the modern auction record — fewer than fifteen distinct lots in the public auction record across the past three decades, comparable to the 971 in stepped-bicolor form rather than to the more common 1490. The collector watchmaker watch-guy.com calls it "the only rectangular Prince worth having."

	[[File:Ref 1527 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|~~340px~~\|alt=Rolex Prince Railway 1527 18K white and yellow gold stepped case\|18K white + yellow gold stepped Railway case (Antiquorum Geneva 2005 lot 100), silvered duo-dial "ROLEX PRINCE / CHRONOMETER"]]		[[File:Ref 1527 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Prince Railway 1527 18K white and yellow gold stepped case\|18K white + yellow gold stepped Railway case (Antiquorum Geneva 2005 lot 100), silvered duo-dial "ROLEX PRINCE / CHRONOMETER"]]

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

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	* Stainless steel — Sotheby's NY 2008 Time Museum auction (sale N08474), single documented example. The rarest material on a 1527.		* Stainless steel — Sotheby's NY 2008 Time Museum auction (sale N08474), single documented example. The rarest material on a 1527.

	No platinum 1527 is documented in the ~~surfaced~~ auction record (unlike the 971, which has at least four documented platinum examples). The all-pink-and-yellow-gold pairing without white is also undocumented; the white-gold band is integral to the canonical Railway treatment.		No platinum 1527 is documented in the auction record (unlike the 971, which has at least four documented platinum examples). The all-pink-and-yellow-gold pairing without white is also undocumented; the white-gold band is integral to the canonical Railway treatment.

	==The movement==		==The movement==

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