English gilt bronze, enamel centre seconds watch Circa 1800

Gilt pair cased gentleman’s pocket watch by William Travers
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A representative pair cased English gentleman’s clock watch with centre seconds and studded Rhinestones circa the early 19th century.
This key wind watch features an exquisite design with a protective cap, chain/fusee, moulded pillars, cylinder escapement, and a three-arm steel balance. The watch showcases a beautifully engraved pierced balance cock and a silver regulator scale. The enamel dial displays Roman radial hours, an outer minutes/seconds track with Arabic five minutes/seconds numerals, and Cathedrale hour and arrow minute hand. The watch includes two stunning cases: an outer case made of gilt bronze, engraved, pierced, studded with rhinestones and polychrome enamel painted scene; an inner case made of gilded bronze with a richly florally engraved cartouche. This timepiece is a true work of art that will make a statement in any collection. Signed on movement: Willm Travers London.
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Diameter: 76 mm
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Signed: Willm Travers London
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William Travers, a renowned English watchmaker, was born on November 27, 1753, in the parish of Saint Helens, Lancashire. He was the fifth child of Matthew Travers and Anne Chaddock and the first in a line of watchmakers and chronometer makers in the Travers generations. William received his training under the guidance of the watchmaker John Barnes in Liverpool from 1769. After completing his apprenticeship in Liverpool, William moved to Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London, where he continued to hone his craft.