Roman Imperial Elector watch

Dante's Griffin: 'That is one person only in two natures.'

The Griffin is a figure of the two natured office of the Imperial Electors: Royal & Sacerdotal

'If this is so, then God alone chooses, he alone confirms, since he has none above him. From this it can be further deduced that neither those who are now called "electors", nor others who in whatever way have been so called, should be given this name; rather they should be thought of as "proclaimers of divine providence".
Monarchia (III, xvi, 13)

Three ecclesiastic Electors:
Archbishop of Mainz, His Eminence Karl, Cardinal Lehmann

Archbishop of Trier, Vacant
Archbishop of Cologne, His Eminence Joachim, Cardinal Meisner

Five secular Electors:
Bohemia (Habsburg-Lorraine), His Imperial and Apostolic Majesty, The Emperor Otto
Palatinate (Wittelsbach), His Royal Highness Franz, Duke of Bavaria
Electoral Saxony, i.e., Wettin, His Royal Highness, Maria Emmanuel, Margrave of Meissen

Electoral Brandenburg, i.e., Hohenzollern-Prussia, His Imperial and Royal Highness Georg Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia

Hanover (Brunswick-Guelf-Hanover), His Royal Highness Ernst August, Prince of Hanover