English fine gold quarter repeating verge watch Circa 1715

Gold quarter repeating pair cased verge watch
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An English fine 20k gold quarter repeating verge watch, circa 1715, full plate fire gilt fusee verge, pierced and engraved balance cock with steel 3 arm balance, silvered regulation, two polished hammers striking on an internal bell.
Finely engraved gold champlevé dial, Roman numerals, black outer minute track with Arabic numeral 5-minute markers, steel beetle and poker hands.
Engraved inner case with pierced sound frets, finely engraved outer with pierced and engraved foliate design and four profiles in relief, push repeat activated via the engraved pusher, heavy squared hinge.
Signed dial & movement, case stamped I.W for John Ward of Boars Head Court, Fleet Street, London.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: Andrew Dunlop London
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Andrew Dunlop is recorded as working between 1701 and 1732. He was the maker in 1716 of the turret clock for Hawkley House, Blackwater, and is also known as a maker of watches and long-case clocks. Conyers Dunlop was apprenticed to him in 1725.