Exquisite English gold quarter repeating watch Circa 1790

Gold and enamel quarter repeater
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An exquisite English decorative quarter repeating 18 carat gold and enamel high-quality verge pocket watch, circa 1790.
Gilt full plate high movement, key wind, 2 hammers, rear bell, chain/fusee, verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance cock with endstone and three-arm brass balance.
Exquisite case with cobalt blue enamel medallion on the back is ornamented with a delicately painted, brightly coloured Paillonnés rosette. The radiant blue enamel is intensified by the engine-turned ground. Push button at three o’clock to open the spring-loaded front.
White enamel dial with Arabic numerals for hours and minutes, gold arrow hands.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Weight: 117 g
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Signed: Wm Anthony
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William Anthony was born around 1765. He worked as a watchmaker in Red Lion Street, Saint John’s Square, Clerken well, where he made exceptional watches for the Chinese market. His watches, usually with oval dials and elaborately set with diamonds, pearls and enamel. He is known to have delivered a small number of watches to the Chinese Court in Peking. Some of his watches were made in pairs.
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Reference 0015000