Swiss gold and enamel Royal presentation watch Circa 1870

Gold watch with enamel portrait and coat of arms
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A fine and very rare Swiss 18K gold and enamel, keyless hunting cased pocket watch, circa 1870. Made for Royal presentation by King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway. The front cover with an enamel portrait of King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway, an engraved border decorated with black champlevé enamel leaves, and the back cover with the Royal coat of arms within a border to match the front cover. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds and gold spade hands.
A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 15 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: No Name
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Charles XV of Sweden & Carl IV of Norway (3 May 1826/18 September 1872) was King of Sweden and Norway (Charles IV) from 1859 until his death. Though known as King Charles XV in Sweden, he was actually the ninth Swedish king by that name, as his predecessor Charles IX (Reigned 1604/1611) had adopted a numeral according to a fictitious history of Sweden. As Crown Prince, Charles’ brusque manner led many to regard his future accession with some apprehension, yet he proved to be one of the most popular Scandinavian kings and a constitutional ruler in the best sense of the word. His reign was remarkable for its manifold and far-reaching reforms.
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Sweden’s existing communal law (1862), ecclesiastical law (1863) and criminal law (1864) were enacted appropriately enough under the direction of a king whose motto was: Land skall med lag beggars – With law shall the land be built. Charles was an advocate of Scandinavianism and the political solidarity of the three northern kingdoms, and his friendship with Frederick VII of Denmark, it is said, him to give half promises of help to Denmark on the eve of the war of 1864, which, in the circumstances, were perhaps misleading and unjustified able. In view, however, of the unpreparedness of the Swedish army and the difficulties of the situation, Charles was forced to observe strict neutrality. He died in Malmö on 18 September 1872.