Fine English gilt quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1715

Gilt quarter repeating pocket watch
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A fine English gilt quarter repeating watch no 280, circa 1715.
Gilt full plate verge movement, pierced and engraved balance cock decorated with foliate, fusee for the going train, silvered regulation dial.
White enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute track, blued steel beetle and poker hands, outer gilt case with pierced, chased and engraved decoration, movement signed.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: Daniel Quare London
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Daniel Quare 1649-1724 was born in Somerset. A highly esteemed watchmaker of his day, Quare was admitted to the Clockmakers’ Company in 1671 and became Master in 1708. In 1680 he invented a type of repeating work for watches. In 1718 he went into partnership with Stephen Horseman, after which their work was signed ‘Quare & Horseman’. Known watches signed by Quare have numbers 233 to 4989. Repeating watches had a separate series known from 109 to 857.