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1760 English Verge Watch Signed S Phillips - London.

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1760 English Verge Watch Signed S Phillips - London. - click to enlarge.

Decorative Leather Covered Verge. A mid 18th Century English verge in gilt pair cases, the leather covered outer decorated with pique pins. Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Gilt metal pair cases, the plain inner engraved with a monogram. The outer covered in dark green leather decorated with a floral design in copper pique pins. Signed S Phillips - London. Circa 1760. Diameter 50 mm