The Carl Dacksel Gruen 10k Retirement Gift Watch From Anheuser-Busch

I buy auction lots and personal lots from all over the world, many coming from the USA. I was restoring an old Gruen Swiss watch and noticed an engraving on the back that says "To Carl Dacksel, from the Lager Cellars 1955". Normally I grind off engravings and carry on with the restoration. Most times, families throw these items away because they don't work or they just don't want them so I don't feel bad about it and am happy to restore for new owners who will appreciate them. However, all 3 times that I prepped my tool to grind off his name, I couldn't do it. I decided to research him instead. He got this watch as a retirement gift from what was then "Lager Cellars" and died the next year. In 1955, this watch would have been very expensive so I'm assuming he was a good brewer and employee. His occupation is also noted on his death certificate. I contacted Anheuser Busch and to see if they are interested but they are not, despite having a museum with items as new as 1980 that they deem "historical". Perhaps they don't want their current employees to know that the company once rewarded employees with fine American 10k gold watches with 21 jewel movements that were sourced in the alps of Switzerland.

He married

Lillian Dacksel

Birth- 1 Jun 1894

Death-24 Jan 1981 (aged 86) and had at least one child:

Lester Dacksel

Birth-10 Mar 1923

Death-19 Jan 1994 (aged 70)

Carl, Lillian and Lester are buried at Sunset Memorial Park and Mausoleum 

10180 Gravois Road Affton, Missouri 63123 United States