Swiss 21 Carat gold and enamel verge pocket watch Circa 1685

Gold verge with beautiful enamel paintings by Les deux Frères Huaut
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A Swiss 21 Carat gold open faced and beautiful enamel painted pocket watch, circa 1685. Later special made gild brass movement from circa 1730 with verge escapement, flat three-arm balance and blued steel flat hairspring. pierced and engraved balance cock, fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.
White enamel dial with Roman numerals, polychrome enamel painting of a cherub in the centre and a single hand. Case back with polychrome enamel painting, the band with four vignettes depicting rural scenes and to the inside a painted man working in front of a castle, signed by Les deux Frères Huaut (The two Brothers Huaut).
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Diameter: 40 mm
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Weight: 64 g
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Signed: Les deux Frères Huaut. Movement signed: J. Bethel 
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Les Frères Huaut (or Huaud). The cases painted on enamel by ‘Les deux Frères Huaut’ were among the finest examples of their kind from the Geneva School and were not only highly valued when originally made, but remained as art treasures in the centuries that followed. Pierre I was the founder of the Huaud dynasty. He was born in 1612 in Geneva as the son of a French goldsmith Jean Huaud. He settled in Geneva in 1630 and three of his 11 children became famous enamellists like their father: Pierre II (1647-1698), Jean-Pierre (1655-1723) and Ami (1657-1724). The brothers were most likely trained by their father and worked with him. Pierre II started his own business around 1680. Jean-Pierre and Ami became partners in 1682 and were appointed painters to the Prussian court in 1686 when they moved to Berlin and started working for Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg (1620-1688). Among their most well-known works are Diana and Actaeon, The Judgement of Paris, The Holy Family, St. John the Baptist, The Nativity and The Adoration of the Shepherds.
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Some visible enamel restorations.
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Reference 0050000