ONE OF A KIND Imperial Russian 14k gold Moser wristwatch awarded by the Empress For Sale

ONE OF A KIND Imperial Russian 14k gold Moser wristwatch awarded by the Empress
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ONE OF A KIND Imperial Russian 14k gold Moser wristwatch awarded by the Empress:
$59500.00

ONE OF A KIND Imperial Russian 14k gold Moser wristwatch awarded by the Empress ONE OF A KIND Imperial Russian 14k gold Moser wristwatch awarded by the Empress

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I am pleased to offer from my private collection this absolutely ONE OF A KIND WORLDWIDE and extremely important historical antique Imperial Russian Moser  Officer\'s award 130g heavy solid 14k gold wristwatch with the original solid gold bracelet  in absolutely MINT ORIGINAL CONDITION!

The watch has been awarded personally by Empress Maria Feodorovna to the navy boatswain officer Kondratiy Ryzov.
A personal watch awarded by the Russian Emperor or Empress was considered for the highest rank prize ever in the Russian Empire. The award watches was with the same status as the order and medals in the Russian army.

The watch rear case is hand engraved in old Russian calligraphy  style \"Vissochaishie pojaluvani,ey imp. vel. gos.im. Mariey Feodorovnoy,bocmantu Kondratiu Rizovu,20 avgusta 1903\"
This translate as \"Most favored,his Empress majesty state Empress Maria Feodorovna,to boatswain Kondraty Ryzov, 20th August 1903\"

A NEW-OLD STCOK! The watch has been protected in its original Moser luxury wooden presentation box for 115 years in the same condition as in the day it left the factory!
The luxury box is signed in Russian \"H.Moser&Co,in Moscow.

This is much more than a watch-this is a piece of the history!

Moser watch maker was the official supplier to the Imperial Russian Court.

The watch has a solid 14k gold original case with fancy lugs,signed with the Imperial Russian 56 gold hallmark and with Moser mark.(please note that this is not a pocket watch reversed to wristwatch,but a factory made wristwatch with high grade pocket watch size caliber movement.)

The watch comes with the original matching solid 14k gold bracelet fited to a large man hand.(16cm long bracelet,15mm width,38g heavy solid gold) 
The watch alone is 92g heavy. Together with the bracelet is 130g heavy!
 

High grade Patek Philippe quality movement ,fully jeweled,Breguet hairspring,compensating balance wheel with gold weights,precision regulator,solid gold train,3 Chatons(the large Ruby mounted in solid gold screwed settings).

The watch is 50mm in diameter. 

Perfect working order!

The watch comes from the family estate of Ryzov\'s family. The Ryzov\'s family emigrated to Greece after the Communist revolution c1917.

The watch comes with CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY&APPRAISAL FOR $85,000.00

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HISTORY:

Heinrich Moser was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland in 1805 into a family of watchmakers. At the age of 21, the young Heinrich had the bold idea of moving to St. Petersburg to establish himself there, as a master watchmaker. This adventure wasn’t entirely self-imposed either. For generations, the Moser family had been trusted with the responsibility of maintaining the public clocks of Schaffhausen – however, when it was his turn, Heinrich, for his young age, was not given the opportunity to prove himself. This was more than enough of a motivation to set off on his own path – which, as we will see, he very much chose to lead him back to his hometown.
Just a year later, in 1828, he established H. Moser & Cie. in St. Petersburg, where this name soon became a symbol of quality, elegance, and reliable watches with exceptional manufacture movements. Moser went on to develop from an artisanal watchmaker into a true entrepreneur, who not only understood all the details of his products, but also created a full-scale production system with an international service and retailer network – from scratch, in the early- to mid-1800s. It is worth noting that the Moser name has truly become analog with quality watches in Russia – some 1920s advertisements are just fascinating flashbacks to the past that further prove this point
Upon his return to his hometown, Heinrich dedicated much of his by-now vast fortune to develop the Schaffhausen region, totally transforming the sleepy little place into a prosperous and powerful town. In 1864, the Moser-dam was finished, a massive and incredibly impactful structure whose primary purpose was to harness the river Rhine’s power to supply energy to the town of Schaffhausen, hence providing it with the opportunity to industrialize and reap all the benefits of turning into a town that manufactures a wide range of products.
A truly entrepreneurial undertaking, turning a small settlement into a major hub in manufacturing, Heinrich Moser set out to design the entire dam-canal system along with its turbines himself – though, over time, he saw that he would definitely have to call upon further assistance to realize his plans. Entire structures grew out of the hectically running Rhine, housing massive turbines that would transfer the river’s energy to the many new buildings and manufactures that now ran along the river and helped Schaffhausen transform. There were even 2-person cable cars transporting workers across the Rhine – a system built in 1866, this was the first of its kind in Switzerland.
It is also worth mentioning how IWC Schaffhausen started out by renting part of a building that Heinrich Moser had set up specifically to give space to new small and medium-sized businesses. Beyond his joint ventures to develop the local industry, Heinrich Moser opened up a watch case manufacture in Schaffhausen, in 1853. In 1918, the company H. Moser & Cie. was expropriated following the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.

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