Swiss solid 14 Carat gold watch with extract from the archives Circa 1907

Very beautiful full hunter cased watch
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A very beautiful solid gold full hunter cased watch with an extract from the archives, made by the International Watch Company in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, circa 1907. The numbered case has three covers all crafted from 14 Carat gold, a hand setting slider on the bezel and the spring cover with artistically engraved monogram. The original white enamel dial with black and red Arabic hour numerals, old lamination in the middle with a red 24 hour register and gold plated Louis XV hands. The numbered special caliber gold plated movement has a bi metallic screw balance, a blued Breguet hairspring, a swan neck fine adjustment, an anker escapement, screwed chatons, polished steel screws, polished sunburst winding wheels and crown winding.
Case and movement signed with IWC hallmark.
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Diameter: 50,5 mm
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Weight: 90 g
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Signed: Probus I.W.C. Scafusia
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This watch was sold on March the 26^th of 1907, to court jeweler J. Verhagen in Cologne with extract from the archives.
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Probus Scafusia
It is worth recalling that IWC is still the only watch manufacturer in north western Switzerland, and the only factory of its kind founded in the country during the 19^th century by an American. Since 1903, the watchmaker has associated its watches to a designation that comes from Latin: “Probus Scafusia”. These two words can be translated as either “good quality” or “the honest watch” and have been part of the brand ever since, not only for marketing purposes, but also as an expression of genuine pride in a quality product. One hundred and two years after the death of Florentine Ariosto Jones, there is no doubt that he would agree that the designation fits it like a glove.