German metal verge watch with porcelain imitation Circa 1715

Extremely rare pocket watch with quarter repeater
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An extremely rare pocket watch with porcelain imitation and repeater, made by Wilhelm Köberle in Eichstätt, Germany, circa 1715. The curved metal case of this pocket watch has a bell and an extremely rare and excellently preserved enamel imitation of Meissen or Berlin porcelain with a representation of a boy in front of a beehive. The white enamel dial has Arabic five minute- and Roman hour numerals and iron hands. The movement has an early  German verge escapement with vase pillars and a quarter repeater.
Movement signed.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 136 g
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Signed: W. Köberle London
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Verge watches with cases imitating Meissen porcelain are extremely rare. Like many of the German verge watches from this period, this watch has a London signature, although it is a German watch by Wilhelm Köberle of Eichstätt. Köberle was a very well known and well recorded watchmaker from Eichstätt near Bamberg.
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Köberle
Wilhelm Köberle was born around 1648 in Wasserburg, Germany, on the shores of Lake Constance and he died in 1720. He married in 1688 in Eichstaedt. Köberle is known to have been a very prolific maker of mainly table clocks and carriage clocks. Today many of his pieces are in the possession of different collections and museums, e.g. the Mathematisch Physikalischer Salon in Dresden or the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.