Decorative Swiss gold and enamel pocket watch Circa 1790

Gold keywinding verge pocket watch 
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A charming Swiss 18 carat and enamel keywinding pocket watch, made by Almaric Père & Fils in Geneva, Circa 1790. A decorative open faced pocket watch, case back painted on enamel on gold by an unidentified Genevan workshop, showing a young loving couple, on a royal blue translucent enamel over guilloche. The painting on enamel on gold, attributable to Jean-Louis Richter, 1766-1841, Geneva. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute track and gold hands. A full plate, gilded brass movement, fusee and chain, verge escapement, gilded brass monometallic balance and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock. Signature on the dial and movement.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Signed: Almaric Père & Fils, Geneva
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Amalric, Abraham Geneva, July 30, 1730 – Geneva, February 13, 1799
Abraham Amalric is the son of Jean-Abraham Amalric (1697-1768), from Morges (canton of Vaud), Regent of Writing, and Antoinette Combe (1698-1768). A native of Geneva, he was received as a Bourgeois on July 6, 1770. Abraham Amalric married Renée-Philippine Gandoz (or Gando; 1733-1799); the couple had eleven children. Abraham Amalric is a master watchmaker and watch and jewellery merchant.
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In 1767, he apprenticed Jules-Louis-Aimé Audéoud, son of André Audéoud. Abraham Amalric is, between 1775 and 1784, associated with the Wiss brothers, Pierre-Isaac Wiss and Jacob Wiss. He then worked with two of his sons, Jean-Louis and David, under the name Amalric Père & Fils. He died at the age of 68. One of Abraham’s brothers, Pierre-Benjamin Amalric (1732-1796), was a watchmaker (died in Marseille, France), as was his son Jean-Abraham Amalric (1759-1842). The production of these watchmakers was typical of that of their competitors in the Genevan fabrique at the time: simple watches, watches with quarter-repeater, watches of fantasy, mainly in gold and enamel.