English gold repeater made for the Islamic market Circa 1815

Gold triple-cased verge clockwatch
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A very fine English gold and enamel triple-cased quarter repeating clockwatch made for the Islamic market, circa 1815. The outer case with scalloped edges, a glazed back and pierced bezels in red and pale green champlevé enamel with rosebud decoration, the intermediate case álso with scalloped edges, the back with a painted enamel scene of galleons at war, a translucent red border and pierced bezels decorated to match the outer case.
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The inner case is decorated with a pierced foliate band with white champlevé enamel intersected with painted enamel flowerhead roundels and atrophy, the back is painted with a floral spray on a translucent red guilloché ground, a pale green, gold and white enamel bezel. White enamel dial with Islamic hour numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Islamic markers and gold beetle & poker hands. A gilt-brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, pierced and engraved gilt brass cock, striking with two hammers on a bell. Gilt-brass dust cap. Signed on the dial and backplate.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: Markwick Markham Perigal London
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The case is slightly restored.
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Markwick Markham. James Markwick and his son James jr. were both fine watchmakers and worked in London. The elder was apprenticed on 25 June 1656 to Richard Taylor, and subsequently to Edward Gilpin. He became free of the Clockmakers’ Company on 6 August 1666. Six apprentices were bound to him between 1674 and 1699. In 1673 he succeeded the business of Samuel Betts behind the Royal Exchange. Although he held office in the Clockmakers’ Company, he was irregular in attendance, ceasing to tend to its affairs after 1700. He worked until at least 1706. His son, James Markwick jr., became free of the Company in 1692 by patrimony. The younger James Markwick was an eminent maker, Master of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1720 and a very early user of jewelled bearings. In later years he was in partnership with his son-in-law Robert Markham, who succeeded him using the trading name of Markwick Markham, which became famous for watches destined for the Turkish market. Not only did this notoriety encourage the appearance of spuriously signed watches, but at the end of the century Markham, or his successor, associated the names of other watchmakers with their own products intended for the East. The makers thus found associated are Francis Perigal, Peter Upjohn, H. Story, Borrell, John Johnson, Louis Recordon and Dupont. All were reputable watchmakers in their own right, selling other products under their own names.