Swiss gold, enamel and pearl-set pocket watch Circa 1810

Gold open faced verge
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A fine Swiss 18K gold, polychrome painted-on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch, circa 1810. The back is painted-on enamel with a flower and fruit bouquet, translucent royal blue enamel background over radial sunray engine-turning, reeded band, and the bezels set with pearls. White enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute track, winding aperture at 2 o’clock and blued steel Breguet hands. A frosted gilt full plate movement with turned pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased continental balance cock, polished steel endplate, silver regulator dial. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 41.5 mm
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Signed: Louis Duchène & Fils  Genève
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Louis Duchène & Fils Recorded from about 1791 to about 1820, they are known for coach watches with grande and petite sonnerie and calendar, repeating the minutes and quarters, watches with champlevé enamel and fantaisie watches.