Historically important Swiss rose gold lever watch Circa 1928

Rose gold open faced keyless lever watch by Ulysse Nardin
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A historically important Swiss 14 carat rose gold open faced keyless lever pocket watch presented to Paul Wooton by President Franklyn D. Roosevelt, circa 1928. Lever movement, manual winding, 18 jewels. Silvered dial with applied Breguet hours, outer minute dots, subsidiary seconds. Plain case, snap-on back with personalised engraving: Presented to Paul Wooton by President Franklin D. Roosevelt On Behalf of the Associated Business Papers In Appreciation of His Outstanding Service to the Business Press in Time of War June 11, 1943. Dial signed, case and movement signed and numbered. Comes with an Extract from the Archives, three photographs of Mr Paul Wooton with President Roosevelt circa 1943, Mr Wooton with Prime Minister Churchill circa 1952 and of Mr Paul Wooton with Queen Elizabeth II circa 1957, also accompanied by a rose metal chain.
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Diameter: 43.5 mm
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Signed: Ulysse Nardin Locle & Genève
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Mr Paul Wooton was a very well-respected American newspaper correspondent during the mid-20th century. He began his career at the New Orleans Times-Picayune in 1911, shortly afterwards becoming the newspaper’s Washington correspondent, covering the First World War in dispatches. His career continued to flourish and he served as president of the White House Correspondents’ Association and president of the National Press Club throughout the 1940s. He was particularly liked by President Franklin D. Roosevelt for his important work in the press at a particularly volatile time in the United States’ history. They were great friends, attending the infamous White House Correspondents’ Dinner together, as well as other important social and political press events at the time.
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This watch is accompanied by a Ulysse Nardin Extract from the Archives which confirms that the watch was produced in their workshops in 1928 and then sold to Bigalke & Eckert Co., New York within the same year. Bigalke & Eckert were the sole agents for Ulysse Nardin in the United States, and they were in business between 1920-1935.