English quarter repeater with repoussé decoration Circa 1742/43

Gold pair cased pocket watch by John Pepys/ David Dupont
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A fine, rare English pair cased quarter repeating pocket watch with “repoussé” decoration “Telemachus and Calypso“, circa 1742/1743.
Two cases: outer case – gold, Repoussé,  à goutte and signed “Dupont F.”, depiction of “Telemachus and Calypso“, with engraved and chased volutes and scrollwork and large lateral hinge; inner case – gold and pierced, with engraved volutes and scrollwork, two cartouches with engraved mascaron and a landscape, rear bell, pusher for repetition via pendant, signed and numbered movement protection cap and seven-piece hinge.
Enamel dial with radial Roman hours and “Poker & Beetle” hands. Fire gilt full plate movement, keywind and signed, with applied floral decorations, chain/fusee, solid movement pillars, two hammers, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, fine florally engraved, pierced balance cock with mascaron and a large diamond endstone on balance.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Weight: 134 g
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Signed: John Pepys, London / David Dupont, London
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David Dupont
David Dupont of St Lawrence Jewry was described as a “Chaser” in 1736, when John Palairet, son of Peter Palairet of St Anne’s, Westminster (Soho), was apprenticed to him for a fee of P10 10S. It was presumably this Dupont who bought several lots at the sale of Ishmael Parbury’s collection on 17 and 18 December 1746 …
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John Pepys
John Pepys was apprenticed in 1708 and Free of the Clockmakers’ Company from 1715. He worked in Fleet Street.
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Telemachus and Calypso
When he left for Troy, Ulysses’ infant son Telemachus remained behind. By the time he had grown into a man, the Gods decided that Ulysses should return home, so Athena approached Telemachus and told him to go and investigate his father’s fate. As his family tried to keep Telemachus at home, Athena turned herself into Mentor, an old friend of Ulysses and the two men set off together. They found out that Ulysses was kept prisoner by the nymph Calypso. When Telemachus arrived on Calypso’s island she fell in love with him, but he lost his heart to Eucharis, another nymph.