Francis Perigal, London

• full plate gilt movement, connected to later lever escapement, pierced and engraved balance cock with diamond endstone, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, repeating on a bell to the inside case back • movement with detachable dust ring • white enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute track, blued steel beetle and poker hands • gold inner case with decoratively pierced and engraved sides, the back with blue flowers and green leaves in basse-taille enamel against a decoratively engine-turned background, long plunge pendant for repeat, diamond-set pendant and bow, pulse piece to the band between 6 and 7 o'clock, outer case with gold embossed flowers and scrolls over orange coloured agate, the whole heightened with diamond, rubies, sapphire and emeralds, some set in the form of floral sprays, diamond-set borders, diamond-set thumb piece, the front bezel decorated en suite, inner case with case maker's mark SG for Stephen Goujon • movement signed and numbered Fras. Perigal London 13818

Terence Camerer Cuss, The English Watch 1585-1970, p. 217, pl. 127

The impressive case of this watch is the work of Stephen Goujon who was free of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1725.  Britten records that Francis Perigal was based at 9 Threadneedle Street by the Royal Exchange. He was free of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1741 and Master in 1756, he was succeeded by his son, also called Francis.