English gilt-brass verge with mock pendulum Circa 1700

Pair cased verge with mock pendulum by John Monvrief
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A fine and unusual English gilt-brass pair cased verge watch with mock pendulum, circa 1700. Gilt verge movement with finely engraved foliate decorated back plate, chain fusée, worm set-up underneath the dial plate, pierced Egyptian pillars. Gilt dial chased and engraved with flower and foliage, small hour dial with blackened Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, beetle and poker hands, aperture for the regulator and glazed fan shaped aperture revealing the mock pendulum and steel two armed balance. Plain inner case with split bezel and seven piece hinge, plain outer case. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: John Moncrief London No. 226