German eight-day power reserve lever watch with chain Circa 1910

Silver presentation watch
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An impressive and large German silver open faced eight-day power reserve pocket watch with matching heavy silver watch chain, circa 1910. 4/5 Plate movement, screw compensation balance. White enamel dial with Roman hours, outer minute divisions and subsidiary seconds. Plain case with engraved coat of arms, the initial W below a German Imperial crown. Dial signed Bugatti, case numbered.
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Diameter: 71 mm
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Weight: 263 g
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Signed: Bugatti
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As the Bugatti company was founded in 1909 in Molsheim in the Alsace, which was part of the German Empire until World War I, this timepiece was presumably presented to Emperor Wilhelm II.