German single-cased porcelain watch with chatelaine Circa 1755

Gold-mounted porcelain watch attributed to Meissen
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A fine and rare German gold-mounted single-cased porcelain watch with chatelaine, circa 1755. This watch features a gilded full plate movement with verge escapement, a plain flat three-arm balance, a decoratively pierced balance cock engraved with scrolling flowers, foliage, and a bird’s head, a silver regulation plate, square baluster pillars, fusee and chain. It is signed and numbered Crl. Hch. Weisse, à Dresden. The dial is white enamel with Roman numerals, an outer Arabic minute ring, and gilt filigree hands.
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The case is porcelain attributed to Meissen, with the back featuring a polychrome enamel painted scene depicting Pan and Syrinx, and the inside back painted with winged putti playing with a bird on a string. The bezel has painted putti, and gold mounts finely chased with scrolls and flowers. The case back of this watch is adorned with a scene from Ovid’s Metamorphoses depicting the nymph Syrinx being pursued by Pan, based on an engraving by Georg Kilian after Israël Silvestre.
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The chatelaine comprises three similarly decorated porcelain panels depicting putti, each mounted within gold cartouches chased with scrolls and flowers. It has two pendant chains terminating with a key and blank fob seal, each with porcelain panels front and back decorated en suite with the chatelaine. The chatelaine is backed with gilt metal panels. It comes with a leather-fitted box with a green silk and velvet-lined interior.
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Diameter: 47.5 mm
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Length including watch and chatelaine: 175 mm
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Signed: Crl. Hch. Weisse, à Dresden
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The movement is not functioning, is slightly dirty, and shows some wear to the gilding. There has been a repair to the contrate wheel. The dial has multiple scratches, and there is evidence of repair around the movement hinge and a square-shaped gap between the movement hinge and the pendant. The case panels appear in good overall condition, although the chatelaine shows multiple scratches. Additionally, there is a small chip on one of the panels of the small fob seal.
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Carl Heinrich Weisse was born in 1722, became a Master in 1756, and passed away in 1784.