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	The 3937 hammer band sits between USD 6,783 and HKD 43,750 (~USD 5,500 at 2011 rates) for typical Eaton 14K yellow examples, with the documented high being the 2011 Antiquorum HK lot at 192% over upper estimate — driven by collector demand for original Eaton dials and intact recipient documentation. Phillips, Sotheby's specialist sales (only the 2020 Watches Online lot is documented), Christie's specialist sales, and the major Geneva watch-week venues carry no documented 3937 lots — the reference's auction record runs through Antiquorum (10 of 16 documented lots), Bonhams, Cambi, Artcurial, and regional houses. This regional-house concentration is consistent with the 3937's Canadian-market retailer-program origin: the reference circulated primarily through Eaton's program in Canada, and modern auction circulation reflects that geographic distribution rather than the global European-major-house pattern that the 1490 follows.		The 3937 hammer band sits between USD 6,783 and HKD 43,750 (~USD 5,500 at 2011 rates) for typical Eaton 14K yellow examples, with the documented high being the 2011 Antiquorum HK lot at 192% over upper estimate — driven by collector demand for original Eaton dials and intact recipient documentation. Phillips, Sotheby's specialist sales (only the 2020 Watches Online lot is documented), Christie's specialist sales, and the major Geneva watch-week venues carry no documented 3937 lots — the reference's auction record runs through Antiquorum (10 of 16 documented lots), Bonhams, Cambi, Artcurial, and regional houses. This regional-house concentration is consistent with the 3937's Canadian-market retailer-program origin: the reference circulated primarily through Eaton's program in Canada, and modern auction circulation reflects that geographic distribution rather than the global European-major-house pattern that the 1490 follows.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:971\|Prince 971]] — Brancard Art-Deco (1928–1938)
			* [[Reference:1343\|Prince 1343]] — Classic Rectangular (1928–1935)
			* [[Reference:1490\|Prince 1490]] — 1928–1945
			* [[Reference:1491\|Prince 1491]] — 1930–1945
			* [[Reference:1527\|Prince 1527]] — 1930–1945
			* [[Reference:1862\|Prince 1862]] — 1928–1942

			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 Rams Horn 3937 is the last rectangular Prince case Rolex produced (per Christian Wass / watch-guy.com). Flowing scroll lugs, 1938-1952 production, Aegler Cal. 971A movement, distinct Eaton 1/4 Century Club retailer-program dial replacing 'ROLEX' with 'EATON'. Documented recipients include Sidnet Garbett (1926-1951), Donald M. Bird (1926-1951), Fred W. McMackon (1928-1953). Phillips/Sotheby's specialist sales rare; auction record is regional-house and Antiquorum-dominant.		\|description=The Rolex Prince Rams Horn 3937 is the last rectangular Prince case Rolex produced (per Christian Wass / watch-guy.com). Flowing scroll lugs, 1938-1952 production, Aegler Cal. 971A movement, distinct Eaton 1/4 Century Club retailer-program dial replacing 'ROLEX' with 'EATON'. Documented recipients include Sidnet Garbett (1926-1951), Donald M. Bird (1926-1951), Fred W. McMackon (1928-1953). Phillips/Sotheby's specialist sales rare; auction record is regional-house and Antiquorum-dominant.
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	The reference's defining association is the Eaton 1/4 Century Club retailer program. The T. Eaton Company of Toronto established the Quarter Century Club in 1919 as a 25-year-service award for employees; from approximately 1930 the program issued Rolex watches as the canonical men's gift, and 3937 became the program's reference of choice from approximately 1944 through 1952, after the 1490 stock that had supplied the program through 1944 was exhausted. Eaton-presentation 3937s carry "EATON" in place of "ROLEX" on the dial and a caseback inscription naming the recipient and bracketed by the start and presentation years of service.		The reference's defining association is the Eaton 1/4 Century Club retailer program. The T. Eaton Company of Toronto established the Quarter Century Club in 1919 as a 25-year-service award for employees; from approximately 1930 the program issued Rolex watches as the canonical men's gift, and 3937 became the program's reference of choice from approximately 1944 through 1952, after the 1490 stock that had supplied the program through 1944 was exhausted. Eaton-presentation 3937s carry "EATON" in place of "ROLEX" on the dial and a caseback inscription naming the recipient and bracketed by the start and presentation years of service.

	[[File:Ref 3937 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|~~340px~~\|alt=Rolex Prince Rams Horn 3937 14K yellow gold Eaton 1926-1951 Garbett\|14K yellow gold Rams Horn 3937 with flowing scroll lugs (Sotheby's NY 2020 lot 73). Eaton 1/4 Century Club presentation to Sidnet Garbett 1926-1951; dial replaced post-service]]		[[File:Ref 3937 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Prince Rams Horn 3937 14K yellow gold Eaton 1926-1951 Garbett\|14K yellow gold Rams Horn 3937 with flowing scroll lugs (Sotheby's NY 2020 lot 73). Eaton 1/4 Century Club presentation to Sidnet Garbett 1926-1951; dial replaced post-service]]

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

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	<small>[[Reference:prince\|Prince]] → '''3937'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:prince\|Prince]] → '''3937'''</small>

	The 3937 is the last rectangular Prince. Christian Wass's collector record on Watchprosite calls it bluntly: "the last case model issued by Rolex" for the Prince family — a 1938 introduction with flowing scroll lugs that period collectors and modern dealers nicknamed "Rams Horn" or "Scroll Lug" for their Art-Nouveau-influenced curves. The case is a rectangular brushed-and-polished form, distinct from the flared Brancards (971, 1490, 1491) and the stepped Railway (1527) and the asymmetric Aerodynamic (3361 / 3362). It runs 1938 through approximately 1952, and the production tail dovetails with Rolex's catalog migration to the round Oyster Perpetual platform — when 3937 production ends, the Prince as a category of dress watch effectively closes (the 2005 Cellini Prince revival sits on a different platform). The reference's defining association is the ~~'''~~Eaton 1/4 Century Club~~'''~~ retailer program. The T. Eaton Company of Toronto established the Quarter Century Club in 1919 as a 25-year-service award for employees; from approximately 1930 the program issued Rolex watches as the canonical men's gift, and 3937 became the program's reference of choice from approximately 1944 through 1952, after the 1490 stock that had supplied the program through 1944 was exhausted. Eaton-presentation 3937s carry "EATON" in place of "ROLEX" on the dial and a caseback inscription naming the recipient and bracketed by the start and presentation years of service. Confirmed Eaton recipients include Sidnet Garbett (1926–1951, Sotheby's NY 2020 lot 73), Donald M. Bird (1926–1951), and Fred W. McMackon (1928–1953). The 3937 is rare in the modern auction record — fewer than twenty distinct lots surfaced across surveyed houses — and Phillips, Sotheby's specialist sales, and Christie's specialist sales carry no 3937 lots, consistent with the reference's Canadian-market retailer-program origin.		The 3937 is the last rectangular Prince. Christian Wass's collector record on Watchprosite calls it bluntly: "the last case model issued by Rolex" for the Prince family — a 1938 introduction with flowing scroll lugs that period collectors and modern dealers nicknamed "Rams Horn" or "Scroll Lug" for their Art-Nouveau-influenced curves. The case is a rectangular brushed-and-polished form, distinct from the flared Brancards (971, 1490, 1491) and the stepped Railway (1527) and the asymmetric Aerodynamic (3361 / 3362). It runs 1938 through approximately 1952, and the production tail dovetails with Rolex's catalog migration to the round Oyster Perpetual platform — when 3937 production ends, the Prince as a category of dress watch effectively closes (the 2005 Cellini Prince revival sits on a different platform). The reference's defining association is the Eaton 1/4 Century Club retailer program. The T. Eaton Company of Toronto established the Quarter Century Club in 1919 as a 25-year-service award for employees; from approximately 1930 the program issued Rolex watches as the canonical men's gift, and 3937 became the program's reference of choice from approximately 1944 through 1952, after the 1490 stock that had supplied the program through 1944 was exhausted. Eaton-presentation 3937s carry "EATON" in place of "ROLEX" on the dial and a caseback inscription naming the recipient and bracketed by the start and presentation years of service.

	[[File:Ref 3937 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=Rolex Prince Rams Horn 3937 14K yellow gold Eaton 1926-1951 Garbett\|14K yellow gold Rams Horn 3937 with flowing scroll lugs (Sotheby's NY 2020 lot 73). Eaton 1/4 Century Club presentation to Sidnet Garbett 1926-1951; dial replaced post-service]]		[[File:Ref 3937 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=Rolex Prince Rams Horn 3937 14K yellow gold Eaton 1926-1951 Garbett\|14K yellow gold Rams Horn 3937 with flowing scroll lugs (Sotheby's NY 2020 lot 73). Eaton 1/4 Century Club presentation to Sidnet Garbett 1926-1951; dial replaced post-service]]
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	\| Aegler shaped — ~~'''~~Cal. 971A~~'''~~ documented on a non-Eaton rose-gold 3937 (Fabsuisse): 18 jewels, chronometer-grade, lateral lever escapement, Superbalance to 6–7 positions, Breguet hairspring. Antiquorum catalogs sometimes report the same architecture as "Cal. 300"; Sotheby's 2020 calls it "15 jewels, observatory quality" (jewel-count outlier). The 7-position-adjustment claim in some collector summaries is not directly auction-confirmed in the surfaced corpus		\| Aegler shaped — Cal. 971A documented on a non-Eaton rose-gold 3937 (Fabsuisse): 18 jewels, chronometer-grade, lateral lever escapement, Superbalance to 6–7 positions, Breguet hairspring. Antiquorum catalogs sometimes report the same architecture as "Cal. 300"; Sotheby's 2020 calls it "15 jewels, observatory quality" (jewel-count outlier). The 7-position-adjustment claim in some collector summaries is not directly auction-confirmed in the surfaced corpus
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	\| approximately 200 units total across the 3937 production span (Mondani citation, unverified — needs physical-copy lookup); almost all gold		\| approximately 200 units total across the 3937 production span (Mondani citation, unverified — needs physical-copy lookup); almost all gold
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	\| price band ~~(hammer)~~		\| price band
	\| USD 6,783 (Bonhams Nov-Dec 2024) → USD 7,138 (Van Ham Nov 2024) → USD 7,500 (Spangaro May 2025) → USD 9,607 (Monaco Legend Oct 2024, 272% over estimate) → HKD 43,750 (Antiquorum HK 2011 lot 276 Eaton 14K, 192% over upper estimate, corpus high)		\| USD 6,783 (Bonhams Nov-Dec 2024) → USD 7,138 (Van Ham Nov 2024) → USD 7,500 (Spangaro May 2025) → USD 9,607 (Monaco Legend Oct 2024, 272% over estimate) → HKD 43,750 (Antiquorum HK 2011 lot 276 Eaton 14K, 192% over upper estimate, corpus high)
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	==The movement==		==The movement==

	The 3937 movement attribution is contested across catalog sources. The most precise dealer documentation — Fabsuisse on a 14K rose gold non-Eaton 3937 from 1946-47 — lists ~~'''~~Cal. 971A~~'''~~: 18 jewels, chronometer-grade, lateral lever escapement, Superbalance, Breguet hairspring. Antiquorum catalog descriptions tend to label the same architecture as "Cal. 300" (the family-level designation that catalogs use to under-specify the Aegler 7½′′′ rectangular shaped-movement family). Sotheby's NY 2020 lot 73 records "15 jewels, observatory quality" — a jewel-count outlier against the 17- or 18-jewel norm and likely a catalog error. The 7-position adjustment claim in some collector summaries (the entity-yaml's specific "17-jewel adjusted to 7 positions" framing) is NOT directly confirmed by surfaced auction or dealer descriptions; the documented configurations show 6-position or 6–7-position adjustment ranges across surfaced examples.		The 3937 movement attribution is contested across catalog sources. The most precise dealer documentation — Fabsuisse on a 14K rose gold non-Eaton 3937 from 1946-47 — lists Cal. 971A: 18 jewels, chronometer-grade, lateral lever escapement, Superbalance, Breguet hairspring. Antiquorum catalog descriptions tend to label the same architecture as "Cal. 300" (the family-level designation that catalogs use to under-specify the Aegler 7½′′′ rectangular shaped-movement family). Sotheby's NY 2020 lot 73 records "15 jewels, observatory quality" — a jewel-count outlier against the 17- or 18-jewel norm and likely a catalog error. The 7-position adjustment claim in some collector summaries (the entity-yaml's specific "17-jewel adjusted to 7 positions" framing) is NOT directly confirmed by surfaced auction or dealer descriptions; the documented configurations show 6-position or 6–7-position adjustment ranges across surfaced examples.

	Cal. 971A is part of the Aegler shaped-movement family that powered the entire Prince catalog from Cal. 300 (1928) through the various commercial designations (Cal. 350, Cal. 7½′′′ T.S. 300, Cal. 360 HW, Cal. 414 / 527 / 579 / 701 / 841 / 1004 / 1759, Cal. 310). The 971A naming is consistent with the Aegler convention of using letter suffixes for specific finishing tiers — "A" is documented on the 971A (Tiger Stripe variant marker, 18K bicolor) and on the 1862A (catalog-level variant marker on Sotheby's 2018 lot 53). On the 3937 the Cal. 971A designation refers to a movement variant rather than a case variant. Cal. 1530, the attribution given by JPTimepieces dealer copy, is a 1965 Oyster Perpetual caliber that did not exist when the 3937 was produced and is a clear misattribution.		Cal. 971A is part of the Aegler shaped-movement family that powered the entire Prince catalog from Cal. 300 (1928) through the various commercial designations (Cal. 350, Cal. 7½′′′ T.S. 300, Cal. 360 HW, Cal. 414 / 527 / 579 / 701 / 841 / 1004 / 1759, Cal. 310). The 971A naming is consistent with the Aegler convention of using letter suffixes for specific finishing tiers — "A" is documented on the 971A (Tiger Stripe variant marker, 18K bicolor) and on the 1862A (catalog-level variant marker on Sotheby's 2018 lot 53). On the 3937 the Cal. 971A designation refers to a movement variant rather than a case variant. Cal. 1530, the attribution given by JPTimepieces dealer copy, is a 1965 Oyster Perpetual caliber that did not exist when the 3937 was produced and is a clear misattribution.