English gold enamel watch for the Ottoman market Circa 1813

Gold pair-cased verge watch by Markwick Markham & Perigal
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A fine English 18 carat gold and enamel pair-cased verge pocket watch made for the Islamic market, circa 1815. Calm Harbor scene.|
Frosted gilt-brass full plate movement, pierced vase pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass English cock, silver regulation dial.
The outer case back with finely painted-on enamel miniature depicting a galleon at anchor on a wooded coastline, pink and blue opalescent sky and engine-turned ground simulating a setting sun, translucent red guilloché enamel border and outer green, white, red and blue enamel border, bezel decorated to match, polished inner case. White enamel dial with radial Islamic numerals, outer minute track and Islamic five-minute numerals, gold beetle & poker hands. Dial and movement signed. Cases with faux London hallmarks and case maker’s mark AN for Augustus Newman, London.
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Diameter: 40 mm
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Weight: 60 g
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Signed: Markwick Markham & Perigal London
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Markwick Markham & Perigal
The trading name of Markwick Markham 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 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 watch-makers in their own right, selling other products under their names.
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Francis Perigal (also Perrigal) was active from about 1770 to the time of his death in 1794. He was admitted as an honorary freeman of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1781. A maker of fine and interesting watches, he made a very early lever watch which, having been re-cased, can only be dated by the signature: “Watchmaker to the King”. This appointment was conferred upon him in 1784. Little is known of Perigal, but the few surviving watches bearing his name are of considerable mechanical interest and of fine quality. He was succeeded in business by his son.