David Pain. An early 18th century gold repoussé pair case pocket watch Circa 1725 Gilt full plate fusee verge movement with pierced and engraved winged balance cock, unusual decorative ruby faux 'end stone', silver regulation, squared baluster pillars, white enamel dial with painted Arabic numerals and five minute dots, gold hands, polished round inner gold case with English gold marks, SD casemaker's mark, and numbered 340, 5 piece hinged outer repoussé case depicting the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, together with gilt metal hinged chatelain with clip, open link chains to the sides and with foil backed quartz, chalcedony and carnelian watch winders, movement signed  48.7mm width Please note that Roseberys do not guarantee working order or time keeping of any automatic, mechanical, quartz or other timepiece

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