English gilt repeater made for the Chinese market Circa 1780

Gilt-brass cylinder watch with centre seconds
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Very rare English gilt-brass, painted on enamel, paste and pearl-set pair cased pocket watch, circa 1780. A two-train, quarter-striking watch with centre seconds. Made for the Chinese market. Outer: the bezel is pierced and engraved and set with red and green pastes and pearls, the back is decorated with a lozenge shaped painted-on enamel panel depicting Cupid and a lady at the altar of love, translucent red enamel border over engraving and outlined with white enamel pearls, outermost pierced and engraved border to match the bezel. Gilt brass dust cap.
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White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals. Gold beetle and poker hands and blued steel centre-seconds hand.
A gilt-brass full plate movement, entirely engraved with foliage, turned cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass single-foot balance cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, silver regulation dial, diamond endstone, striking with two polished steel hammers on a bell in the back of the case, strike-silent selection lever on the bezel. Dust cap signed.
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Diameter: 61 mm
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Signed: Edward Tomlin, Royal Exchange  London