English gilt brass single handed oval pendant watch Circa 1610

Gilt brass and silver pre balance spring verge watch by Richard Barnes
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A fine and extremely rare, early English gilt brass and silver pre balance spring single-handed oval pendant watch, circa 1610. Gilt brass oval movement, engraved border decorated with inhabited foliage, turned vase pillars, fusee for gut line, short four-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, verge escapement, brass foliot with ringed rim, elongated cock with small foot, pierced and engraved with flowering foliage, secured by a pin, worm and wheel mainspring set-up replacing an earlier ratchet wheel and click setup. Circular silver dial, the chapter ring with Roman hour numerals and raised dot markers, fleur-de-lys half-hour divisions, the centre engraved with scrolling inhabited flowering foliage, gilt brass mask hinged to the case, the border engraved with inhabited foliage and a winged cherub mask and original steel tulip hand. Oval case, the silver band engraved with inhabited scrolling foliage, lower turned finial, pierced trefoil pendant with loose ring, fixed back with engraved foliate border and shuttered winding hole, hinged gilt brass cover over the dial with engraved flower and foliate border, the centre with the Tudor rose, the interior engraved with a wreath. Movement signed.
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Dimensions excl. finial and pendant: 49 x 38 mm
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Signed: Ri. Barnes Worcester