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TWO 18TH CENTURY DUTCH GOLD PAIR CASE VERGE POCKET WATCHES
The first with gold chased and engraved dial with Roman chapters, outer Arabic five minute divisions, circular date aperture and beetle and poker hands, the gilt verge and fusee escapement with pierced balance cock and three arm balance wheel to tapering pillars, the inner plain case with maker's mark PH, the outer repoussé style case with central scene depicting a seated muse Kleio with attending figure of Eros within a border of putti, each holding a winged hour glass, circa 1720, case 50mm; the second with white enamel dial, Roman numerals, Arabic outer five minute divisions and decorative hands, the gilt verge and fusee escapement with silver bridge cock engraved with the figure of time and words 'Tempus Fugit', enclosing faux pendulum, within plain polished case, the outer case of repoussé style depicting an allegorical scene, circa 1770, case 45mm
The first, dial and movement signed J. Van Ceule, no. 1897, the second signed M De Haan Rotterdam, no. 22
The first with gold chased and engraved dial with Roman chapters, outer Arabic five minute divisions, circular date aperture and beetle and poker hands, the gilt verge and fusee escapement with pierced balance cock and three arm balance wheel to tapering pillars, the inner plain case with maker's mark PH, the outer repoussé style case with central scene depicting a seated muse Kleio with attending figure of Eros within a border of putti, each holding a winged hour glass, circa 1720, case 50mm; the second with white enamel dial, Roman numerals, Arabic outer five minute divisions and decorative hands, the gilt verge and fusee escapement with silver bridge cock engraved with the figure of time and words 'Tempus Fugit', enclosing faux pendulum, within plain polished case, the outer case of repoussé style depicting an allegorical scene, circa 1770, case 45mm
The first, dial and movement signed J. Van Ceule, no. 1897, the second signed M De Haan Rotterdam, no. 22