Fine English gold enamel and diamond-set watch Circa 1900

Gold, enamel and diamond-set watch made for the turkish market
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A very fine English yellow gold, enamel and diamond-set hunting cased watch with portrait of the sultan Abdulmecid I made for the turkish market, circa 1900, retailed by Nacib K. Djeazvedijian Constantinople, gilt 3/4th plate lever movement, swan neck regulator, jeweled some set in chatons.
White enamel dial, Turkish numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 3 o’clock, the case finely decorated with polychrome enamel portrait of Sultan Abdulmecid I within an engraved scrolling border highlighted with diamonds, the back cover with polychrome enamel scene depicting the Dolmabahçe Palace at sunrise with tall ships in the bay within an engraved scrolling border, dial and movement signed by maker, cuvette signed by retailer Nacib K. Djeazvedjian Constantinople 

Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: Edward Prior
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Abdülmecid I (1823-1861) reigned as the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for more than 20 years and is widely known as a reformer who led his people on a path to modernization. He worked diligently with the diverse citizens under his rule to change laws to better integrate them into Ottoman society. He fought off a growing nationalist fever that swept through the Empire’s territories and forged strong bonds with Western Europe by fighting along with them in the Crimean War.