Small Swiss gilt-brass verge watch with sundial Circa 1650/1740

Gilded verge watch by Philippe Terrot
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A small Swiss fire-gilded brass verge pocket watch with a sundial, circa 1650/1740. Full plate movement, chain and fusee, three-arm brass balance, fine florally engraved and pierced balance cock with a grotesque face. Silver dial with Roman numerals. A lavishly decorated late Renaissance case. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 34 mm
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Weight: 46 g
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Signed: Terrot à Genève
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From the citizens’ register of Geneva, dated December 16th, 1743: M. Philippe Terrot, son of the late Antoine, of Pont-en-Royans in the Dauphiné, resident, age 46, moved to Geneva at the age of 15 for religious reasons, a master watchmaker and dealer in watches.