English 22 carat gold hour striking clock watch Circa 1703

Gold pair cased verge pocket watch 
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A fine and rare English 22K gold, pair cased, double-train, hour striking clock watch, circa 1703. The case with London hallmarks. The bezel and band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, each with four vignettes of masks and landscapes, polished centre. Polished split bezel inner case, the band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and two vignettes of rural landscapes, loose ring pendant. Gold champlevé dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Blued steel tulip and poker hands.

Hinged gilt brass, full plate movement, double-train with turned baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass winged cock with streamers and pierced and engraved with a mask and inhabited foliage. Striking train with fixed gilt brass pierced and engraved barrel with revolving arbour, striking on a bell mounted in the back of the case, strike/silence lever in the bezel. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: J. Stretch  Londino
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Joseph Stretch is recorded as working in Birmingham in the first part of the 18th century.