Complications are not a recent invention, witness this fascinating piece.
The watchmaker Peter Fardoil was from Blois France who became a master there in 1684. He is likely to have been a Huguenot who is known to have been in London by about 1690.
My restoration is fully functioning with moon phase and 24 hour indications. The inscription Nihil Sine Te means I am nothing without you
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THE ORIGINAL
CREDIT: Peter Fardoil