Willy Berger

A FINE GOLD AND ENAMEL SKELETONISED QUARTER REPEATING KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH APPLIED ARMS OF THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN AND BRANDENBURG, PRUSSIA BENEATH A GLAZED COVER CIRCA 1880, NO. 29820

• Movement: damascened, lever escapement, jewelled to the centre, bi-metallic compensation balance, two polished steel hammers repeating on coiled gongs, signed Berger numbered beneath the dial 29820
• Dial: glass dial with gilded Roman numerals, the minute ring with outer Arabic 5-minute markers, hands with gilded fleur-de-lys tips, signed Willy Berger 1874
• Case: 18ct pink gold, polished gold bezels, a matt finished pink gold cuvette visible through the glazed case back and set with applied armorials depicting a spread eagle beneath a crown supporting two polychrome enamel painted armorial shields for the House of Hohenzollern and Brandenburg, Prussia, crowned initials 'FR' to the eagle's chest, a banner beneath marked in black enamel "4 Juni 1680 - 1880", repeating slide to the band, case maker's mark B.Co. and numbered 29820
diameter 53mm

Provenance:
The banner beneath the armorials to the case back is dated 4 June 1680 - 1880 and marks the 200th year anniversary of the definitive incorporation of the Duchy of Magdeburg into Brandenburg under the rule of the Royal House of Hohenzollern.