"Holuska" watch

"Holuska" watch cane with flat cylindrical silver knob and crocodile leather-covered shaft. The watch mechanism and dial are located at the top of the shaft.

Austria, circa 1885 (signed). Bibliography: C. Dike, "Les cannes à système", ed. de l'Amateur, Paris, 1982, p. 71, ill. 8/30 (variation); catalogue of the exhibition "La canne et ses mystères", Musée de Carouge, Geneva, 18 March - 31 May 1998, p. 103, cat. no. 63 (variation).