Unusual Swiss gold Art Deco oversized dress watch Circa 1930

Gold dress watch with a black 24 hour dial by Gübelin
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An oversized Swiss gold open faced keyless Art Deco lever watch with black dial, circa 1930. The watch features a damascened lever movement with 18 jewels, a bimetallic compensation balance, and precision regulation. It is signed by E. Gübelin and has a serial number. The watch includes a black dial with applied baton indexes, inner Arabic numerals for p.m. hours from 13 to 24, and an engine turned subsidiary seconds display. The dial is signed Gübelin. The 18 carat gold case has a ribbed band and an engraved inscription on the inside, also signed Gübelin with a serial number. Inside the case back, the inscription reads, From Elizabeth 1.VI.56.
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Diameter: 55.5 mm
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Signed: Gübelin
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Movement is running. Visible scratches to the dial and the indexes but otherwise in good condition. Case light scratches.
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Gübelin AG, a Swiss watch manufacturer. In 1854, Jakob Josef Maurice Breitschmied opened a workshop in Lucerne’s Pfistergasse. One of his apprentices was Eduard Jakob Gübelin. Gübelin fell in love with Bertha Breitschmied, his master’s daughter. In 1886, the two entered into marriage, and their son, Eduard Moritz, was born the following year. Eduard Jakob took over his father-in-law’s business in 1899 and continued to work consistently to expand the family business. In 1903, he opened the premises of the new sale in the former Hotel Englischhof. Eduard Moritz married the captain’s daughter, Maria Schriber, in 1912. In 1919, he took over the company’s management from his father and expanded it in 1923 to become a jewellery business with his creations and a gemological laboratory.