Austrian silver hunting cased chronometer watch Circa 1893

Unusual silver chronometer pocket watch
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An unusual Austrian pocket chronometer/masterpiece in a richly decorated silver case, circa 1893.
Silver/gold “à goutte” case, lavishly engraved fowling scene with monogram “AS”, dome with engraving: “Specialität in Remontoirs, Chronometer No. 1, gebaut von Carl Sonderwald, Linz a/D., 1893”, glazed movement, gold pendant and crown. Signed enamel dial with subsidiary seconds and blued steel hands. Steel bridge movement, freesprung helical balance spring, pivoted detent escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 145 g
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Signed: K. Sonderwald, Linz a/D.
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Most likely this watch was the masterpiece of Carl Sonderwald , who was born in 1868 in Neulengbach near Vienna. From 1887 on Sonderwald worked in Linz; he died in Linz in 1947.