Germany, Imperial. A Pocket Watch for Railway Personnel, with Patriotic Chain, by Eugen Porcher

(Taschenuhr). Constructed of a multi-piece silver casing, the obverse featuring a white face with numerals 1-12 graded at five second intervals, in turn topped by 60-second stopwatch markers marked at five second intervals, with gilded hour and minute hands, featuring an additional 60-second stopwatch with an independently-functioning arm, the reverse bearing a finely-engraved depiction of a steam engine, topped by a wind-up dials turn connecting to a non-magnetic metal chain featuring four silver hangers for Franco-Prussian War and distinguished service, the watch opening to reveal mechanisms, a crown and crescent moon indicating German manufacture, a silver content number of “0,800”, and the hallmark of Eugen Porcher, measuring 62 mm in total diameter, demonstrating a consistent patina to the silver and the loss of the back cover’s lock, of indeterminate functionality, in very fine condition.