Swiss rose gold repeating repoussé verge watch Circa 1740

Rose gold repoussé quarter repeater by Gedéon Esquivillon
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A very fine Swiss 18 carat rose gold pair cased quarter repeating à toc repoussé verge pocket watch, circa 1740. Fine verge movement, repeating the hours and quarter hours on a bell as well as silent repeating on demand. White enamel Louis XV dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, rose gold hands. Repoussé outer case, depicting a mythological scene with soldiers, a rider as well as three women and a child, pierced, Louis XV-lateral hinge, the inner case pierced and engraved, bell. Cuvette and movement signed and numbered, cuvette and movement with matching numbers.
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Diameter: 44 mm
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Weight: 86 g
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Signed: Gedeon Esquivillon
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Important Geneva watchmaker Gedeon-François Esquivillon (1717-1799).
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Gedéon-François Esquivillon was born in 1717 and became a watchmaker like his father Antoine Esquivillon. Together with his brothers Joseph Esquivillon, Jean François Esquivillon and Jacques De Choudens, he founded a workshop that produced high-quality verge pocket watches. The signature after the partnership with De Choudens was: ‘Les Frères Esquivillon & De Choudens’. Gedéon was married to Marie De Choudens, who was a niece of the famous watchmaker Abraham Collomby. From 1746 to 1755 he worked for Collomby and from 1750 to 1754 he was also a business partner of Abraham Collomby’s son-in-law Barthélemy Girod. Besides the company Les Frères Esquivillon & De Choudens, the company Gedéon Esquivillon & De Choudens also existed from 1771 to 1780. Gedéon-François Esquivillon died on 2 October 1799. As the watch is signed Gedéon Esquivillon, it was probably made before the company was united with other partners, presumably before 1746.