William Scafe, London

• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, silver pierced balance cock engraved with foliage, dolphins' heads and a classical bust in profile at the neck, broad silver foot similarly decorated, flat brass balance, small ruby endstone, blued steel regulation plate, fusee and chain, crested Egyptian pillars, signed Wm. Scafe, London, 165
• Dial: gold champlevé, Roman numerals with half hour divisions between and to the ring beneath, outer Arabic minute ring, central cartouches signed Scafe, London and surrounded by scrolling foliage, all against a stippled ground
• Cases: plain gold inner case, the back with winding aperture and hallmarked 1724 • plain gold outer case, both cases with maker's mark HR conjoined incuse for Henry Rawlins

Terence Camerer Cuss, The English Watch 1585-1970, 2009 p. 175, pl. 97

Movement running and in clean condition. Dial in attractive condition with some minor losses to the black pitch - mainly to inner half hour division ring. Inner case with light scuffs and minor depression to the band. Outer case with light scuffs and minor indentation by push piece.
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The movement of this watch has an attractive and unusual silver balance cock and foot. To the centre of the cock is a highly polished end-cap, the upper part of which covers much of the ruby endstone.

William Scafe, a Yorkshireman, joined the Clockmakers’ Company by Redemption in 1721 and became its Master in 1749. His will was proved on 7^th June, 1765 and noted his occupation as ‘watchmaker’ at Milk Street, Cheapside in the City of London.