Exceptionally small English verge pocket watch Circa 1640

Exceptionally small and rare silver verge watch
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A small English verge watch with fire gilt full plate movement, circa 1640. Pinned on silver balance cock, ratchet and click set-up, flat steel balance, baluster pillars, fusee with a gut line, silver dial, the center with an engraved scene of a fisherman on the shores of a town, chapter ring with engraved Roman numerals filled with red and interspersed with quarter-hour divisions, single blued steel hand, outer decoratively engraved border heightened with red, plain silver inner case, the back with sliding winding cover, ring pendant and bow, the outer leather covered case with silver piqué work.
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Diameter: 35 mm
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Signed: Jeremia East Fecit
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The signature to this watch reads ‘Jeremia East Fecit’ and is more than likely that of Edward East’s brother Jeremy – who sometimes signed himself ‘Jeremie East Fecit’ – and not Jeremiah East who was working later and is recorded as having served his apprenticeship between 1653 and 1661. Jeremy East was admitted to the Clockmakers’ Company in 1640.