English silver verge clock watch with mock pendulum Circa 1730

Exceptionally large pocket watch with date
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An exceptionally large verge clock number 3565, with a mock pendulum and date, made by W. Bairfeild in London, England, circa 1730. The double plain open faced case is made of silver, and the original champlevé dial with a date window has an outer ring with Arabic numerals for the minutes, an inner ring with Roman numerals for the hours and original Poker & Beetle gold hands. The movement has an early English verge escapement with unusual tulip pillars and a magnificent plate with a false pendulum. Dial and movement are signed.
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Diameter: 63 mm
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Weight: 173 g
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Signed: Bairfeild, London
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The signature is clearly a deliberate falsification of the watchmaker’s real name, which was very common in England. Presumably, the name of the watchmaker was Barefield.
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False pendulum

A mock pendulum is a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case. It is a device used in watchmaking to simulate the oscillations of a pendulum to test the accuracy of a watch’s timekeeping mechanism.