Gilt metal silver and rock crystal octagonal watch Circa 1650

Superb gilt metal, silver and rock crystal octagonal watch
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An English octagonal verge pocket watch with fire gilt full plate movement, circa 1650 pierced and engraved screwed on balance cock, plain steel balance, worm and wheel set up, early Egyptian pillars, silver astrolabic dial, Roman numerals with quarter divisions, outer rings for ages of the moon and date, aperture for moon phases, blued steel hand, gilt metal case with rock crystal covers, broad silver band with engraved floral design, fixed foliate pendant, with the original silver protective outer case with floral engraving.
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Diameter: 48 mm including pendant
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Width: 31 mm
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Signed: Guliemus Godbed, Lombard Street, Londini
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The complexity of the dial and its indications necessitated a more deeply formed movement and thicker case. The fixed foliate pendant is also large. Guliemus Godbed is recorded as being apprenticed in 1638 and a Freeman of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1646. According to Baillie, he was one of the thirty three Freemen to sign a petition regarding the behaviour of the Court Assistants regarding business practices in 1656.