ROBERT & PETER HIGGS, LONDON, AN EARLY GEORGE III GOLD PAIR CASE REPOUSSE HALF QUARTER REPEATING VERGE POCKET WATCH

ROBERT & PETER HIGGS, LONDON, AN EARLY GEORGE III GOLD PAIR CASE REPOUSSE HALF QUARTER REPEATING VERGE POCKET WATCH the signed convex white enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic outer markings, blued beetle and poker hands fronting a top-hinged chain-driven fusee movement with verge escapement and diamond end stone to a finely engraved and fret-cut masked footed cock, the signed regulation disc numbered 4160 and repeating at the half quarters on a single bell via one hammer; the inner case with a chased rosette push-piston pendant and a finely engraved fret-cut border of scrolling leafage enclosing a mask, and an engraved pedestal with a bird to the centre, stamped under a bell P.G.; the finely chased and pierced fret-cut repousse outer case centrally embossed with a classical garden scene in differing coloured golds, outer case similarly stamped P.G.; with a 19th-century bright-cut gold winding key inset with a white agate heart-shaped top.

5.25cm across, 7.5cm high