Uhrenfabrik Union Glashütte Bei Dresden

A VERY FINE AND RARE GOLD HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH POLYCHROME ENAMEL PORTAIT OF KAISER WILHELM II BY JOHN GRAFF RETAILED BY GEBR. EPPNER, BERLIN, CIRCA 1900, NO. 44033

• Movement: 1st quality, gilded ¾ plate, gold lever and escape wheel, bi-metallic compensation balance, swan-neck regulation, signed and numbered Glashütter Uhrenfabrik Union no.44033
• Dial: white enamel with sunken centre, black Arabic numerals, outer minute track with red Arabic 5-minute markers, gold Louis XV style hands, recessed subsidiary seconds, signed by the retailer Gebr. Eppner, Berlin
• Case: 18ct pink gold, the cover with polychrome enamel painted portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II signed J. Graff, the back with matt yellow metal finish, the case band heavily chased and engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage, slide for hand-set beneath bezel at 4 o'clock, plain matt yellow finished case back, bow decoratively chased and engraved with repeated geometric motif, glazed movement cover, plain polished gold cuvette, case covers and cuvette signed Uhrenfabrik Union Glashütte Bei Dresden, back and cuvette numbered 44033, front numbered 33
diameter 57mm

Provenance:
Antiquorum Geneva, 14 November 2004, lot 71