Swiss

A GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET HALF-HUNTING CASED LEVER WATCH WITH ENGRAVED PORTRAIT AND DIAMOND-SET ARMS OF KAISER WILHELM II CIRCA 1889

• Movement: gilded bar movement, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, unsigned
• Dial: white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, gilt filigree hands, sunken subsidiary seconds
• Case: 14ct gold, the cover with glazed aperture surrounded by black enamel Roman numerals and inner minute ring, hand-set lever beneath bezel at 4 o'clock, polished back with diamond-set monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II beneath a crown, cuvette with engraved portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm, inside case back engraved "Kaiser Wilhelm an Fayed Secud ben Mohamed, Berlin d. 30 Sept. 1889", case maker's mark S.F above an arrow, numbered 55011
diameter 51mm

Provenance:
Aachener Auktionshaus Dr. Crott & Schmelzer, 25 October 1980, lot 31