Unusual French 18 carat gold and enamel ring watch Circa 1890-1900

Gold and enamel cylinder ring watch
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An extremely unusual French 18 carat gold and enamel ring watch, circa 1890-1900. Probably made for or by Fedor Anatolyevich Lorie, jeweller’s factory Moscow, a partner company of Fabergé, circa 1890-1900. Cylinder movement. Probably Swiss and later white enamel dial with hairline through the winding hole, Arabic hours and outer minute divisions, blued steel hands, glass missing. Marquise form ring, blue engine turned enamel, lateral hinge, hinged, winding and time setting through the dial, the ring band with unreadable punches. Comes with a wooden box, the inside covered with velvet and silk, Cyrillically signed in gold lettering Fedor Anatoljewitsch Lorie, jeweller’s factory Moscow, traces on the inside probably indicate that there was a signet next to the ring, the box has an engraved inventory number 6814. 
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Dimesions: 20 x 35 mm
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Weight: 15 g
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Signed: No name
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The Moscow company ‘Lorie‘ was founded by the jewellery and silverware manufacturer Fedor Anatolyevich Lorie (1858-1920) in 1871. In 1895 he opened a shop selling jewellery at Kuznetsky Bridge 4, connected by a wall with Fabergé’s shop. In 1912 the company entered into a partnership with the employees of the Moscow branch of C. Faberge – Alexei Fedorovich Lemkul, in the 1900’s head of the gold department and Julio Guarneri, who worked with the sons Eugene and Alexander of C. Fabergé in Paris. Perhaps F.A. Lorie carried out orders for C. Faberge, who controlled the production, marketing and assortment of the partnership. The company produced silverware, household goods and furnishings, a variety of frames for crystal and jewellery. For the jewellery, they used enamel, which complemented the precious and decorative stones. In terms of style the products made by the company were characterized by a great variety, from the design of ornaments of Western European and Russian art of the 17th to 19th centuries to modern and neo Russian styles.