English coach watch made for the Chinese market Circa 1795

Gilt pair cased coach watch with regulator dial and moon age
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An English gilt pair cased key wind verge coach watch with regulator dial and moon age made for the Chinese market, circa 1795.
Two cases: gilt, à goutte outer case with florally engraved bezels and large lateral hinge; Gilt inner case with polished centre, engraved foliage and floral decoration to the band and signed movement protection cap. Enamel dial with outer Arabic minutes, eccentric hour chapter ring with Roman numerals at “12”, auxiliary seconds at “3”, subsidiary chapter ring with Arabic numerals indicating ages of the moon at “9” and heart-shaped gold hands. Full plate movement, keywind, firegilt and signed, with screwed on florally engraved ornaments, chain/fusee, square baluster pillars, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, very finely florally engraved and pierced balance cock with fantasy bird and a chatoned diamond endstone on balance.

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Diameter: 82 mm
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Weight: 361 g
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Signed: Wm Carpenter London
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William Carpenter(1770-1805)
William Carpenter produced fine watches and automata for the Oriental Market; he is most famous for his extravagant musical automata. A number of them are held by the Palace Museum of Peking in China.