English pair cased 18K gold and enamel pocket watch Circa 1790

Gold cylinder watch by Francis Perigal
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An English 18 carat gold pair cased clock watch with polychrome enamel scene, circa 1790. This watch features a signed movement with a cylinder escapement. It has a gold dial with guilloché in the centre, hour markers made of Roman numerals representing the hours, and blue serpentine hands. The 18 carat gold double case is adorned with scrolls and blue enamelled flowers on the rim, and with a polychrome enamelled scene depicting characters playing music and observing a turtledove on the back. It comes with a gold key.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Weight: 101 g
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Signed: Perigal à London
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Francis Perigal (also Perrigal) was active from about 1770 to his death in 1794. He was admitted as an honorary freeman of the Clockmaker’s Company in 1781. A maker of fine and interesting watches, he made a very early lever watch which, having been recased, 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 fine quality. He was succeeded in business by his son.