Swedish gold repeating verge watch with self strike Circa 1815

Gold technically interesting pocket watch
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A technically interesting open faced hour repeating pocket watch with self striking mechanism made by Anders Hoberg in Stockholm, Sweden, circa 1815. The case of this watch was crafted from 18 carat gold. The white enamel dial features Arabic hours, outer dot minute divisions, outermost Arabic five minute numerals and fine gold hands. The movement is equipped with a complicated verge escapement and half hour self strike, the hour repeater is operated via a small button in the pendant.
The dial is signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 135 g
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Signed: Hoberg Stockholm
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Hoberg
Anders Hoberg (1767–1834) was a highly skilled and pioneering Swedish watchmaker based in Stockholm, active from approximately 1797 until he died in 1834. Hoberg is celebrated as one of the most innovative figures in Swedish horology. His workshop did not survive after his demise as a continuous, multi generational family enterprise. Instead, its contents and operations were liquidated or integrated into the broader, highly structured network of the Stockholm Watchmakers’ Guild (Stockholms Urmakare Ämbete).