Swiss gold and enamel pocket chronometer watch Circa 1840

Gold and enamel convertible pocket chronometer
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A Swiss gold and enamel convertible pocket chronometer with portrait of sultan Abdülmecid I, made for the Turkish market, circa 1840, gilt pivoted detent chronometer movement, bimetallic compensation balance, gold cuvette engraved with scrolling foliage.
White enamel dial, Turkish numerals, polychrome enamel portrait of Sultan Abdülmecid I in military dress, bordered by enamel floral swags, outer case with polychrome enamel map of part of the greater Ottoman Empire (with some loss), within chased foliate borders, both cases and cuvette numbered.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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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 non-Muslims and non-Turks 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.