Fine English silver pair cased verge pocket watch Circa 1705

Silver verge open faced watch by Jonathan Lowndes
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A fine silver pair cased verge pocket watch, circa 1705.  The outer case is silver, tiered, and polished, with case maker’s punch mark MN, and a large lateral hinge. The inner case is silver, polished, case maker’s punch mark MN. A silver, Champlevé dial, inlaid radial Roman hours, chased and engraved centre with cartouches and signature, blued Poker & Beetle hands. Fine full plate movement, key wind, fire-gilt, applied florally engraved ornaments, signed, chain/fusee, Egyptian movement pillars, three-arm steel balance, florally engraved, pierced balance cock.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 140 g
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Signed: Jonathan Lowndes, London
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Jonathan Lowndes, at the Dyal in Pall Mall, a famous and celebrated maker, was a member of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in London from 1680 until 1710, making him a contemporary of Tompion and Quare. Many of his clocks remain, but we know of only a few pocket watches.