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A RARE REGIMENTAL PRESENTATION SILVER WRISTWATCH
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A RARE REGIMENTAL PRESENTATION SILVER WRISTWATCH

RUSSIA, CIRCA 1902

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A RARE REGIMENTAL PRESENTATION SILVER WRISTWATCH
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1902
Circular, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and a subsidiary seconds dial, applied with a silver crescent plaque repoussé with date ‘1892 X 1902 / 3 XII’ on dial, engraved with a Cyrillic monogram ‘DK’ beneath an Imperial crown on the reverse, also further inscribed in Russian ‘[to] A.M. Annenkov / Dmitrii’, watch movement missing, apparently unmarked
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) diameter
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Lot Essay

The present watch was one of the gifts presented by Grand Duke Dimitri Konstantinovich, son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, to his fellow officers of the Guard Horse Grenadier Regiment in 1902 on the occasion of his 10 year jubilee as commander of the Regiment.

For a similar watch, see K. Skuratov, Mirnoe I boevoe proshloe l.gv. Konno-Grenaderskogo polka, vol. IV, Paris, 1946, illustrated p. 63.

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