Daniel de St Leu verge pocket watch with quarter repeater for the Ottoman market
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2nd half of the 18th century
This gentleman's verge pocket watch, crafted by Daniel de St Leu in London during the second half of the 18th century, was designed specifically for the Ottoman market.
It features a pair-cased construction in brass, with the outer case decorated in tortoiseshell and gold-coloured piqué pin inlays. The inner case is intricately engraved with foliage, scrollwork, and rosettes, and includes sound apertures and an internal bell for the quarter-repeater mechanism. The white enamel dial displays Ottoman-script Arabic numerals and is inscribed with 'LONDON'. It is powered by a gold-coloured full-plate verge movement featuring a chain and fusee drive, with a pierced and engraved balance cock.
The watch includes a gold-coloured chain with two winding keys. The dial shows a repair between 2 and 3 o'clock. The dust cover and movement plate are both signed 'Dan. De St Leu', 'Watch Maker to her Majesty', and marked with the number 3828.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Weight
- 236 g
- Material
- brass, tortoiseshell, velvet
- Diameter watch
- 55 mm
- Height outer case
- 33 mm
- Diameter outer case
- 67 mm
Technical characteristics
- Winding
- key winding
- Movement
- verge with chain and fusee
- Complication
- quarter repeater
Design
- Dial
- white enamel with Ottoman numerals
- Hands
- gold-coloured, pierced hour hand, tapering minute hand
- Case decoration
- engraved foliage, scrollwork, radiating star, sound apertures
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Daniel de St Leu
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.