Very fine English silver pair cased verge pocket watch Circa 1705

Silver verge in pair cases by Francis Goodo
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A very fine English silver pair cased verge pocket watch, circa 1705. Full plate movement, key winding, chain and fusee and a three arm steel balance. Silver and gold champlevé dial with Roman hours, outer Arabic five minute numerals and a central portrait of Queen Anne of Great Britain. Both outer and inner cases are plain, with makers mark DE. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Weight: 147 g
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Signed: Fran. Goodo London
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Queen Anne, 1665-1714, was the last British Queen of the House of Stuart. She was Queen of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1702 to 1714, Queen of both the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from 1702 to 1707 and from May 1, 1707, after the unification of both kingdoms, the first Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain
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In Brian Loomes’ standard work, ‘Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World’, Francis Goodo is listed as a London clockmaker at the beginning of the 18th century.