Dutch verge with date and silver champleve dial Circa 1720

Silver champleve dial verge pocket watch
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An early Dutch verge pocket watch with date and silver champleve dial in repousse silver pair cases circa 1720. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with beautiful decorative pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Winding through the pierced and engraved bridge cock, pierced and engraved plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver champleve dial with an arcaded minute ring, Roman and Arabic numerals. Silver and gilt centre signed van der Meer, Kromenie, rectangular date aperture, decorative pierced gilt hands. Plain silver inner case, maker’s mark FR below a crown. Chased and engraved silver repousse outer case with cartouches of busts. The centre of the back is smooth.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 134 g
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Signed: van der Meer Kromenie
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Melsert van der Meer was born in Assendelft in 1690, he was working in Krommenie and was a student of Hendrik Frederik from Amsterdam.
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Reference 022000