French 18K gold and enamel repeating à toc verge Circa 1770

Gold and enamel open faced quarter repeater by Gaudet
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A very fine and rare French 18 carat gold and enamel open faced quarter repeating à toc verge pocket watch with short gold chain, ratchet key and tassel, circa 1770. Gilt full plate movement, turned flared pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three armed brass balance, flat balance spring, continental pierced and engraved foliate balance cock with steel endplate, silver regulation dial, repeating with two hammers on the case, silence button in the bezel. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer minute track, large five-minute numerals and pierced foliate gilt hands. The case is decorated with a finely painted on enamel oval scene to the back depicting Ceres in a landscape, turquoise enamel border with engraved gold leaves and red and white flowers. Movement signed.
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Diam. 42.5 mm
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Signed: Gaudet à Paris
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Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain and the love a mother bears for her child. She was the daughter of Saturn and Ops, the sister of Jupiter and the mother of Proserpine. Ceres was a kind and benevolent goddess to the Romans and they had a common expression, ‘fit for Ceres’, which meant splendid.