AN UNUSUAL WORLD WAR I ERA ENGLISH MARKET SILVER WRISTWATCH HONORING KING ALBERT I AND QUEEN ELIZABETH OF BELGIUMWith the import mark of George Stockwell, London London hallmark for 1915AN UNUSUAL WORLD WAR I ERA ENGLISH MARKET SILVER WRISTWATCH HONORING KING ALBERT I AND QUEEN ELIZABETH OF BELGIUMWith the import mark of George Stockwell, LondonDate: London hallmark for 1915Movement: 15-jewel divided ¾ plate, manual winding, uncut bimetallic balanceDial: White enamel, Arabic chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued Breguet hands, enhanced with portrait vignettes of King Albert and Queen ElizabethCase: Hooded lugs cast and chased with the arms of the provinces of Belgium, the snap back cast and chased with the British Royal ArmsSize: 35 mm diam. of bezelAt the start of World War I, Albert refused to comply with Germany's request for safe passage for its troops through Belgium to attack France. The resulting German invasion brought Britain into the war as one of the guarantors of Belgian neutrality. King Albert took personal command of the Belgian Army during the war, fought alongside his troops, and shared their dangers, while his wife, Queen Elisabeth, worked as a nurse at the front.