125 - Movado, Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Ref. 4903, No. A100207, circa 1950.

Movado, Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Ref. 4903, No. A100207, circa 1950. A rare and beautiful 14-karat rose gold chronograph made for Saudi Arabia, with a patinated silver dial, blue minute track and tachymeter scale, the king’s signature “Abdul Aziz Al Saud” at 12 o’clock, Arabic numerals, and gold applied hour markers, 3 sub-dials, continuous seconds hand, 60-minute and 12-hour totalizers. Caliber 95M manual-winding mechanical movement. Abdelaziz bin Abderrahmane Al Saud, known as Ibn Saud, born between 1876 and 1880 and died on November 9, 1953, in Taif, was the founder of the third Saudi state, present-day Saudi Arabia. From January 8, 1926, until his death, he was the second king of the Hejaz and the Nejd, and the first king of modern Saudi Arabia. Diameter 36 mm - Weight 49 g. A very fine and rare 14-carat pink gold chronograph for the Saudi Arabian market, featuring a silver dial, minute track, and outer blue tachymeter scale; the signature of King Abdul Aziz Al Saud at 12 o’clock; gilt hands; applied dots and Arabic numerals; three counters; a continuous seconds hand; and 60-minute and 12-hour registers. Manual-winding movement, caliber 95M. Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud, romanized as Abdul Aziz Al Saud (circa 1876–1953), known in the West as Ibn Saud, was an Arab tribal, political, and religious leader who founded Saudi Arabia—the third Saudi state—and reigned as its first king from September 23, 1932, until his death in 1953. He had ruled parts of the kingdom since 1902, having previously served as Emir, Sultan, and King of Nejd, and King of Hejaz.