Rare German silver pair cased hour repeating clockwatch Circa 1700

Silver open faced verge pocket watch by Paul Schroder
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A German silver pair cased hour striking and trip hour repeating clock watch, circa 1700. The watch features a gilded movement, signed Paul Schroder, Kiel, with a verge escapement, fusee and chain, a plain flat steel balance, a decoratively pierced and engraved balance cock, a blued steel end cap, a silver regulation plate, a turned baluster, and crested Egyptian pillars. It also has a decoratively pierced and engraved standing barrel for the strike and repeat train, along with a single hammer striking a bell mounted to the inside case back. The silver champlevé dial includes a chapter ring with Roman numerals, fleur-de-lys shaped half hour divisions, and an outer Arabic minute ring, with the centre displaying a masked banner signed Schroder above a basket of fruit and filigree hands. The silver inner case is decoratively pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage inhabited by birds. It includes a trip repeat pusher on the band at 10 o’clock to sound the hour and a strike/silent slide at 2 o’clock.
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The silver outer case features a front bezel pierced for sound emission, with both bezels adorned with intertwined ribbon form decoration. There is a sprung pusher on the outer bezel between 10 and 11 o’clock, connecting to the repeat pusher of the inner case, while the outer case is stamped with a rosette, PI, and possibly 97, each within separate cartouches.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: Paul Schroder, Kiel
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Movement runs and strikes on the hour, with the trip repeat also operating and sounding clearly on the bell. The strike silent lever does not remain in the silent position and resets itself to the strike position before the hour is reached. There are small marks and scratches present. The dial has been cleaned, with no wax infill to the numerals, and there are small marks and scratches. The case shows light scuffs and scratches, yet the decorative scheme remains well defined along the band. The thumb piece on the outer case is heavily dented, and there are light scuffs and scratches on the outer case as well. The sprung pusher on the outer case does not currently connect to activate the trip repeat, as its spring mounted beneath the bezel is worn and bent, likely requiring replacement.
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Paul Schroder was born in 1654 and died in 1715. In 1683 he made a new clock for the Marienkirche in Rendsberg. See: Jurgen Abeler “Meister der Uhrmacherkunst”, 1977. Kiel, a city in northern Germany and the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, belonged to the king of Denmark from 1773 to 1864. Since the king ruled Holstein as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire only through a personal union, the town was not incorporated into Denmark proper. Kiel was thus a German possession ruled by the Danish king. Upon the abolition of the Empire in 1806, the Danish king continued to rule Kiel as Duke of Holstein. When Schleswig and Holstein rebelled against Denmark in 1848, Kiel became the capital of Schleswig-Holstein and remained so until the Danish victory in 1852.