English silver watch made for the Ottoman market Circa 1858

Silver verge pocket watch
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A fine quadruple verge pocket watch made for the Ottoman market, circa 1858.
A protective outer case is silvered and florally engraved, cambered. The second protective outer case is silver, bronze, tortoiseshell with stud decoration.
The outercase is silver, inner case is also silver, case maker punch mark “JG”. Enamel dial, full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm steel balance.
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Movement as well as case design of these watches intended for the Turkish market were already outmoded in 1858 and even more so in later years; nevertheless Edward Prior and some of his contemporaries such as George Prior (II), George Charle, Markwick Markham-Perigal and Isaac Rogers specialized on this type of watch because there was a ongoing demand for them on the Turkish market – be it from tradition or from a true love of the elaborately ornamented movements and cases.

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Diameter: 73 mm
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Weight: 251 g.
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Signed:  Edward Prior London