Swiss pair of silver and enamel lever dress watches Circa 1920

Made for celebrating the loyalty of Taiwan to Sun Yat-Sen
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A fine Swiss pair of silver and enamel hunting cased keyless lever dress watches made for presentation to Taiwanese officials and celebrating the loyalty of Taiwan to Sun Yat-Sen, circa 1920. Rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, Chinese characters below 12, and original blued steel spade hands. Polished case, band with cast stylized foliage, the front decorated in blue enamel with a portrait of Sun Yat-Sen beneath Chinese characters and dragon border, the back decorated in blue and red enamel with the crossed flags of the President of the Republic of China and Taiwan, clasped hands below and with a dragon border. Case signed. Accompanied by a fitted case.
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Diameter: 45 mm
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Signed: No name
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Sun Yat-Sen, 1866 – 1925, was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Republican China, Sun is frequently referred to as the Father of the Nation. He played an instrumental role in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty in October 1911, the last imperial dynasty of China. He was the first provisional President when the Republic of China was founded in 1912 and later co-founded the Kuomintang where he served as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China and remains unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered in both mainland China and Taiwan.