Rare Danish pocket watch with repoussé decoration Circa 1760

Gold open faced pair-cased pocket watch by Gottfried Heins Klein
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A rare Danish pair-cased verge pocket watch with repoussé decoration Chryses begging for his daughter from Agamemnon – and with matching chatelaine, circa 1760.
Two cases: outer case – gold, repoussé in high relief depicting a classical scene from Homer’s Iliad, engraved and chased volutes and scrollwork, and large lateral hinge; inner case – gold, polished. Matching, gilt chatelaine with repoussé decoration, length 120 mm. Signed gold dial, Champlevé style, with inlaid radial Roman hours, and blued Poker & Beetle hands. Full plate movement, keywind, firegilt, signed, screwed on floral decorations, chain/fusee, square baluster pillars, three-arm steel balance, fine florally engraved and pierced balance cock with mascaron.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Weight: 89 g
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Signed: Gottfried Heins Klein, Copenhagen
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Chryses
During the Trojan War, Agamemnon took Chryses’ daughter Chryseis as a war prize and when Chrysesattempted to ransom her, refused to return her. Chryses prayed to Apollo, and he, to defend the honour of his priest, sent a plague sweeping through the Greek armies, and Agamemnon was forced to give Chryseis back to end it. The significance of Agamemnon’s actions lies not in his kidnapping of Chryseis (such abductions were commonplace in Ancient Greece), but in his refusal to release her upon her father’s request.