Edward Tomlin，精細及罕有，銅鍍金、珐琅鑲珍珠及料石，大自鳴二問懷錶，配中心秒針，為中國市場製造，約1780年製

Edward Tomlin is known to have worked as a watch and clockmaker in London between 1768 and 1798. He sat up business at the Royal Exchange, Bartolomew Lane and is recorded, among others, to have worked on a pair of musical clocks destined for the Chinese market around 1775.

The present watch is a very fine example of a watch made for the Chinese market, distinguished by the complicated movement, the centre seconds and the impressive, beautifully decorated case. Emphasis was put on the colour red for both the paste-setting and the enamel decoration, which has long had special significance in China, symbolizing health, wealth and good wishes.