Rare Italian silver pair-cased repoussé verge watch Circa 1750

Silver repoussé watch in pair cases by Felicetti
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A rare Italian silver pair-cased repoussé verge pocket watch, circa 1750. Gilt full plate movement, chain and fusee, three-arm brass balance, a finely engraved and pierced balance cock. White enamel dial with Roman hours and outer Arabic minute numerals. Chased and engraved outer case, plain inner case, maker’s mark IP. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Weight: 80 g
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Signed: F.A. Felicetti Napoli
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Italian pocket watches with a Naples signature are very rare.
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Felicetti was working in Naples in the second half of the 18th century, he wrote a description of the Farnese planisphere clock in the Vatican.