English verge watch with silver champlevé dial Circa 1779

Silver verge pocket watch with a champleve dial
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An English verge pocket watch with silver champleve dial in a silver consular case circa 1779. Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Winding through the signed silver champleve dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Engraved silver consular case, silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark I.B.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Signed: J Borrowdale London
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A late example of an English watch with a champlevé dial