David Lloyd George 18ct Gold Watch - Historical Interest

Immense historical, political, Welsh, Wwi and David Lloyd George interest. An 18ct. gold, half-hunter, pocket watch, keyless crown-wind, with white enamel Roman numeral dial and subsidiary Arabic numeral seconds, black enamel Roman numeral chapter ring. Fully hallmarked for Rotherham & Sons, London 1914. 48mm wide, gross weight 102.8g. The backplate is engraved: "Presented to C.B. Pavey by The Rt.Hon. D Lloyd George O.M M.P in Appreciation of Services Loyally Rendered 1916 to 1929". Inspector Pavey was the long-term police bodyguard to Lloyd George. There are archive photographs of him with Lloyd George and family in the UK and abroad. From the date of the watch and the gift, I speculate that the watch was originally Lloyd George's own watch. Rotherham and Son are an English watch-makers/engineering firm dating from 1750 and in continuous operation since then. The watch has an English full-plate movement made by Rotherham & Son, themselves. The movement has several features evidencing its quality: It has a Breguet overcoil balance spring (this provides greater stability in the spring. It has a split compensated balance (a bi-metallic device that maintains accuracy for temperature differences) It is marked adjusted (this means the watch has been fine-adjusted for maximum accuracy in different physical orientations). This would not be worthwhile for anything other than a high-quality watch, since accuracy would generally be much more affected by differences in other factors than orientation. The movement has eleven jewels which is a relatively high number for the period.