| An early 18th Century English verge with an unusual rotating disc of polychrome enamel portraits in a silver consular case. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved masked cock, the wings engraved
with dragon's heads, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. White enamel dial, an aperture at twelve o'clock revealing a polychrome enamel portrait. The portrait is one of five painted on a disc which is rotated by depressing the pendant of the watch. Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Silver consular case with a band of decoration around the back and bezel, silver rotating shutter to the winding aperture. Silver push
pendant to change the portrait, maker's mark "IPPP"
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