German gold watch with jumping centre seconds Circa 1810

Gold centre seconds Pouzait type watch by Christian Peter August W. Pilgrim
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An important German pocket watch with Pouzait escapement and jumping centre seconds, circa 1810.
Signed red-gold case with case maker hallmark T & FT and glazed on both sides. Signed enamel dial, eccentric small hour dial with Arabic numerals, outer Arabic and baton 60 minutes indications, central seconds hand, and red gold hands. Skeletonized movement with chain and fusee drive, oversized steel balance, lever escapement according to Pouzait, and bridges engraved with flowers by hand. Accompanied in the presumably original box from a Bremen jeweller.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 106 g
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Signed: Krist. Pilgrim in Neuwied
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FA Pilgrim was Kinzing’s son-in-law and worked in his workshop. He was married to Margaretha Kinzing. Their eldest son Christian Peter August W. Pilgrim was born on March 27, 1790, in Neuwied. On March 29, 1790, Christening witnesses were the child’s father and wife of “Mechanicus Peter Kinzing”. This son later became a watchmaker and optician like his father. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only known Pilgrim pocket watch, an absolute rarity.