A RARE SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH WITH WANDERING HOUR DIALJno. Bushman, London, No.623, circa 1700.

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A RARE SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH WITH WANDERING HOUR DIAL Jno. Bushman, London, No.623, circa 1700.

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A RARE SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH WITH WANDERING HOUR DIAL
Jno. Bushman, London, No.623, circa 1700.
gilt fusee movement with divided and galleried vase shaped pillars, winged balance cock pierced and engraved with the Royal arms of Queen Anne, silver champleve wandering hour dial with Arabic five minute markers, Roman hour apertures and quarter markers, the hour chapter engraved with the four quarterings of the Royal arms, signed Bushman, London within a central cartouche, an applied gilt plaque below inscribed C.F. Salzman, Haynbucht flanked by pierced and chased trophies, plain inner case with shuttered winding hole, numbered 623 and with casemaker's initials IW (John Willoughby), numbered outer case with casemaker's initials WI (William Jaques), diameter 53mm.

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The rare wandering hour dial is a feature to be found only for a few years either side of 1700. This watch is particularly interesting as the balance cock bears the arms of William III which were also those used by Queen Anne until 1707. It is reasonable therefore to assume that this design was incorporated into the watch to celebrate the accession of Queen Anne.