Dutch verge with date and day and night indicator Circa 1740

Silver pair cased complicated pocket watch by Nicolaas Nieuwenhof
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A Dutch silver pair cased verge watch with date and day and night indicator, circa 1740. Full plate fire gilt movement, verge escapement, fusee and chain, spring balance, silver regulator disc. Dial with cartouches for the minute indication, Arabic numerals, aperture for day and night indication with Roman numerals, date, and the figure of Chronos applied in embossed silver. Repoussé case depicting a scene from the Old Testament.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 138 g
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Signed: N. Nieuwenhof Amsterdam
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This watch has an interesting combination of day and night indicator and a calendar. It shows in all respects, both the art of watches with a complication and the work of a goldsmith by a scene to the back from the Old Testament.
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Nieuwenhof was a watchmaker in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 18th Century.