| A late 18th Century English verge made for the Turkish market in silver and gilt metal pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement signed and numbered in Turkish script, decorative pierced pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc with Turkish markings. Plain three arm steel
balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Signed white enamel dial with Turkish numerals, gilt hands. Plain silver inner case, maker's mark "IR". Gilt metal outer case with engraved edges, the dial of the watch hidden by an engraved silver cover which may have been added locally.
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