English verge pocket watch with repoussé decoration Circa 1730

Gold pair cased watch with chatelaine by Matthew Skinner
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An English pair cased verge pocket watch with repoussé” decoration, matching repoussé chatelaine, pendant, and key, circa 1730.
Two cases: an outer case – 22-Carat gold, “repoussé” decoration, pastoral scene in the style of Antoine Watteau, engraved and chased volutes and scrollwork, large lateral hinge: and an inner case – 22-Carat gold, polished. Corresponding fire-gilt Repoussé chatelaine. Signed gold, champlevé dial with inlaid radial Roman hours and Louis XV hands. Full plate movement, keywind, applied, florally engraved and pierced silver ornaments, fire-gilt, signed, chain/fusee, square baluster pillars, three-arm steel balance, fine florally engraved, pierced silver balance cock with mascaron.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Weight: 112 g
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Signed: Matthew Skinner London
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Clockmaker Matthew Skinner apprenticed with Francis Hill (1670-1700); he qualified in 1713 and became a master of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1746. One of Skinner’s movements is held by the Guildhall Museum in London.
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Jean Antoine Watteau, better known as Antoine Watteau, was born in Valencijn on October 10, 1684, and died in Nogent-sur-Marne on July 18, 1721. He was a French painter of the rococo period. Watteau’s place of birth was conquered by the French in 1678.