English half hunting watch for the Indian market Circa 1869

Gold and enamel watch with ruby, emerald and rose diamond set 
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A very fine English, 18 Carat yellow gold and enamel pocket watch, circa 1869. Half hunting cased, keyless, ruby, emerald and rose diamond set made for the Indian market. The case by Alfred Stram with London hallmarks. The front cover with rose diamond set radial Roman numerals in a green guilloché enamel reserve, inner minute track, outer ring set with diamonds and rubies, bezel and back rim decorated with champleve enamel thistles and ribbons, the back applied with a diamond set monogram with the letters “H” set with rubies and “A” with emeralds, outer ring set with rose diamonds and emeralds.

Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel double spade hands. A frosted gilt movement, half plate, 20 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 43 mm
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Signed: Hunt & Roskell, 15 New Bond St., London
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Hunt & Roskell The firm was begun by the famous gold and silversmith Paul Storr. In partnership with John Mortimer and John Samuel Hunt, he added the retailing of clocks and watches to his activities of selling gold and silver plate and jewellery in their New Bond Street premises. On December 31, 1838, the partnership was dissolved, business being continued by Mortimer with J.S. and J. Hunt as Mortimer & Hunt at 156 New Bond Street. In 1843 Mortimer retired, being replaced by Robert Roskell. The firm continued as Hunt & Roskell until it was bought by J.W. Benson in 1866. They also had premises in Manchester. The company made watches for the China trade and produced fine minute repeating watches and watches with spherically sprung spring detent tourbillons. They exhibited at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867.