| A rare late 17th Century English with silver champleve dial with an aperture revealing an enamel disc in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with decorative turned baluster pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced
and engraved irregular foot. Plain gilt balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial with arcaded minute ring, Roman and Arabic numerals, later gilt hands. Between the numerals eleven and one an aperture through which can be seen a section of a polychrome enamel disc. This disc has five separate scenes which appear to be drawn from a tale. They are changed by depressing and releasing the push pendant. Plain silver inner case, stirrup bow. The outer case
with silver front bezel, the back covered in black shagreen decorated with pique pins. A pipe extends from the front bezel to stop the pendant being pushed to change the scene when in the case. It was probably pushed once a day when the watch was wound.
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