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An ornamental London gold enamel verge pocket watch set with half-pearls Dimensions 42 mm, circa 1800, Weight 64 g, Origin England Case: 18 K gold, enamel, half-pearls. Dial: Enamel, radial Arabic hours. Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm steel balance. A fetching case back intricately decorated with engine-turned wave and dot pattern and translucent cobalt-blue enamelling; bezels studded with half-pearls. The first record of Thomas Gray is found in 1786 in an invoice at Windsor Castle; between 1789 and 1793 he is listed in the London directory as working as a "Jeweller, Sword-Cutler & Maker of Fancy Articles" at 41 and 42 Sackville Street. The Royal Collection at Windsor Castle holds some fine swords made by Gray; however, the watch at hand shows that Gray was not only a highly skilled maker of swords but also a retailer of fine English watches.