{"product_id":"dutch-market-verge-with-arcaded-dial-london-silver-pair-cases-1759","title":"Dutch-Market Verge with Arcaded Dial, London Silver Pair Cases, 1764","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn English verge built for the Dutch market, with the arcaded enamel dial and enamel regulator disc that define the type, in London-hallmarked silver pair cases of 1764.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is laid out the way the Dutch trade ordered it: black Roman hours, an outer minute ring drawn as a run of arches with a five-minute figure set within each arch, and a fleur-de-lis set between each hour. The gilt hands are a matched pair, pierced with foliate scrollwork, the minute hand running out to a long plain pointer that reaches the arches. Under the domed glass the arches give the edge of the dial a scalloped outline, picked out in fine black lines around each figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind it the movement is English work. The gilt full plate stands on square baluster pillars and drives a verge escapement through a fusee and chain, wound with a key through the hole in the inner case back, at the square on the back plate, and set from the dial. The balance cock is pierced with scrolling foliage around a sunburst boss and engraved at the neck with a mask, and the plate around it is cut with foliage on a matted ground, held with blued screws. The single concession to the buyer is the regulator: an enamel disc with black figures from 5 to 30 in place of the engraved silver disc usual on English work. The signature and the number, 1055, run along the lower edge of the plate below the cock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two cases are plain polished silver. The inner case has a stirrup bow and a domed bull's-eye glass, and the outer closes over it on a steel catch, 49.8mm across. The inner case is London made and fully hallmarked, so the watch carries its own date, 1764, rather than one read from its style. The dial, the hands and the movement all agree with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe watch winds fully, sets and runs well. The enamel has fine hairlines to the chapter ring, most visible between III and IIII and around 40 to 45, and light spotting to the centre, with no chips or losses. The inner case back carries handling marks and small dents from use, and the outer shows even surface wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe marks, the movement and the condition are set out in the drawers below.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Josh. Skinner, London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55691291001171,"sku":"PW-0178","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/skinner-dutch-market-silver-pocket-watch-1759-1.jpg?v=1793396021","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/dutch-market-verge-with-arcaded-dial-london-silver-pair-cases-1759","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}