Very rare English gold miniature pair cased verge Circa 1730

Rare English gold miniature pair cased verge watch
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A very rare English gold miniature pair cased verge watch, circa 1730, gilded full-plate movement, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved masked balance cock, similarly pierced and decorated foot, plain flat balance, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, signed G. Burgis, London.
Gold champlevé dial, Roman numerals with half-hour divisions between, outer Arabic minute ring, blued steel beetle and poker hands.
Plain gold inner case, the back with winding aperture, maker’s mark WI incuse for William Jaques junior, plain gold outer.
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Diameter: 28 mm
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Signed: G. Burgis London
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This is an almost perfect miniaturization of the ‘standard’ sized watches of this period. Signed by G. Burgis, the watch is likely the work of George Burgis whom F. J. Britten records in his book, Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. George Burgis’s will, which was proved on 15^th July 1736, recorded his address as St. Martin in the Fields.