English gold and shagreen quarter repeater Circa 1705

Quarter repeater with gold and shagreen case by John Halsted
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A fine English gold and shagreen quarter and hour repeating pocket watch, circa 1705. Gilt full plate verge movement, silver dust cap, balance cock engraved, pierced and masked, sound striking on a bell, worked Greek (Dorian) pillars, fusee and chain, Tompion regulator. Gilt champlevé dial, inner Roman and outer Arabic numerals, baguette half hour markers, trademark center cartouche with cherub’s head, lovely fly and poker hands. Shagreen case. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Weight: 153 g
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Signed: Halsted London
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John Halsted was a successful watchmaker. He was free of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1698 and died in 1710. Queen Anne owned a watch made by J. Halsted with almost identical dial. 
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The watch is in exceptionally good condition. It is rare to find such an old watch with a movement in such fine condition. The quarter repeater works beautifully and strikes the correct hour and quarter.