English gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1835

Open faced pocket watch by Viner & Co.
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A rare English gentleman’s quarter repeating pocket watch with a pull winding mechanism via the coaxial button in the pendant, circa 1835. This watch boasts an 18-carat gold polished case, marked with the case maker’s punch mark LC and equipped with a slide for the repeating mechanism. The enamel dial is signed and features radial Roman numerals, an auxiliary seconds subdial, and elegant blued Breguet hands. The movement of the watch is a bridge design, pump-wound via the pendant, frosted, gilt, signed, and features two hammers and two gongs, a duplex escapement, and a gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 44 mm
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Weight: 73 g
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Signed: Viner Inventor London
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John Viner was a horologist born in Bath, Somerset, England, in 1788. He completed an apprenticeship with Thomas Savage in London on September 22, 1802. On May 3, 1813, he became a member of the Clockmakers Company. His first place of business was located in Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, but he later moved to 233 Regent Street where he worked between 1826 and 1835. Between 1835 and 1855, he could be found at 235 Regent Street, Royal Exchange. Viner also owned real estate in Old Bond Street from 1844 to 1857, in Sackville Street from 1856 to 1867 and in New Bond Street from 1868 to 1869.
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In collaboration with Parkinson & Frodsham, Mann produced pocket and marine chronometers, as well as pocket watches featuring duplex escapements and pump winding mechanisms. He partnered with Hoskins in 1824 and they carried on business under the names Viner & Hoskins and Viner & Co. Herbert Blockley states that Mann succeeded Viner in the business.
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Charles Edward Viner married Harriet Clark. He passed away in Lewisham, Kent, England in June of 1875.