English gold two train clock watch by D Quare Circa 1687

Very rare English gold two train clock watch
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A very rare English gold two train clock watch, circa 1687, gilded full plate movement, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and floral engraved masked balance cock, flat steel balance with spring, fusee and chain, tulip and round baluster pillars, pierced and engraved barrel to the striking train, numbered silver locking plate to the backplate, striking a bell to the inside back, blued steel gate, signed D. Quare, London.
Gold champlevé dial, Roman numerals with half-hour divisions between and to the ring below, outer Arabic minute ring, rosette to the dial centre, all against a stippled ground, blued steel tulip hour and straight minute hand.
Gold case, the back with symmetrically arranged decoration on a matt ground, centred with a rosette beneath a bird of paradise resting on swags and with outstretched wings, the whole surrounded by flowers, foliage and garlands, winding apertures for going and striking trains, the band pierced for sound emission and decoratively engraved with flowers, foliage, dolphins, foxes and birds, plain ring pendant and bow, the inside back with London hallmarks for 1687 and maker’s mark ND conjoined incuse with a dot beneath for Nathaniel Delander, lacking outer case.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: D. Quare London
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This is an early and exceptional work by Daniel Quare, which strikes the hours and half hours in passing. Dating to 1687, and in excellent condition, this is an especially early example of a clock watch by this maker and the earliest Quare watch so far recorded with a hallmark. The case was made by Nathaniel Delander, the foremost maker of his time. Delander’s mark is recorded on the Goldsmiths’ 1682 plate along with the maker’s mark, which displays a coronet above his initials.