English repeating verge made for the Ottoman market Circa 1810

Gold triple-cased quarter repeater by Marwick Markham & Borrell
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A rare English gold and enamel triple-cased quarter repeating verge pocket watch made for the Ottoman market, circa 1810. Fire gilt full plate movement, keywind, applied florally engraved ornaments, two hammers, three-arm steel balance, finely florally engraved balance cock, chatoned diamond endstone on the balance. White enamel with radial Ottoman numerals and gold poker & beetle hands. A gold transport case with a scalloped edge and polychrome flower decoration in champlevé enamel, partly translucent and opaque enamel, the back glazed and a large lateral hinge. The outer case is gold too with a scalloped edge, polychrome flower champlevé enamel, partly translucent and opaque enamel, the centre on the back with a waved cartouche depicting a harbour scene framed by a translucent red and opaque green enamelled border, a large lateral hinge. Lastly a gold inner case with a lavishly hand-engraved and pierced border, red and white enamelled flowers, in the centre a waved plaque with a bouquet of summer flowers against an apple-green background, the bezel and pendant polychrome enamelled, a diamond-set pusher for repetition through the pendant and a rear bell. Dial signed, movement signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Weight: 93 g
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Signed: Markwick Markham – Borrell London
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Markwick Markham. James Markwick and his son James jr. were both fine watchmakers and worked in London. The elder was apprenticed on 25 June 1656 to Richard Taylor, and subsequently to Edward Gilpin. He became free of the Clockmakers’ Company on 6 August 1666. Six apprentices were bound to him between 1674 and 1699. In 1673 he succeeded the business of Samuel Betts behind the Royal Exchange. Although he held office in the Clockmakers’ Company, he was irregular in attendance, ceasing to tend to its affairs after 1700. He worked until at least 1706. His son, James Markwick jr., became free of the Company in 1692 by patrimony. The younger James Markwick was an eminent maker, Master of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1720 and a very early user of jewelled bearings. Later, he was in partnership with his son-in-law Robert Markham, who succeeded him using the trading name of Markwick Markham, which became famous for watches destined for the Turkish market. Not only did this notoriety encourage the appearance of spuriously signed watches, but at the end of the century Markham, or his successor, associated the names of other watchmakers with their own products intended for the East. The makers thus found associated are Francis Perigal, Peter Upjohn, H. Story, Borrell, John Johnson, Louis Recordon and Dupont. All were reputable watchmakers in their own right, selling other products under their own names.