Austrian gold watch with painted enamel scenes Circa 1810

Watch with painted enamel scenes
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An Austrian 18 carat gold hunting cased pendant watch with painted enamel scenes, circa 1810. Full plate gilt movement with key winding, verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance cock, spiral balance spring, fusee and chain, silver adjustment disc, decorative pillars between the two plates, the plate signed F. L. Chavanne Wienn.
White enamel dial with Roman numerals, the centre painted with a scene representing a young couple dressed in antique style, decorative hands and railroad minute track.
Round case on hinge, entirely painted on enamel with scenes representing Venus and Mars with Cupid, the inner lid and the back painted with classical ruins and figures walking among ruins in a landscape.
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Diameter: 29 mm
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Weight. 29.1 gr.
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Signed: F.L. Chavanne Wienn
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François-Louis Chavannes (1762- 1823) was a Genevan master watchmaker renowned for his simple and complicated watches, including costume watches and repeater watches in three-colour gold decorated with enamel.
Although his main activity was in Geneva, some of his designs were exported or influenced by watchmaking styles from other regions, including Vienna as our example. The name of François-Louis Chavannes (1762-1823) is mentioned in the Dictionary of Viennese Watchmakers.