Swiss gold pearl and emerald set pocket watch Circa 1830

Gold cylinder watch for the Chinese market
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A very fine and rare, 18 Carat gold, pearl and emerald set pocket watch with a pearl set dial, circa 1830. Pearls & Emeralds by Bautte & Moynier à Genève,  for the Chinese market. Two body sprung and hinged bezel set with 31 emeralds, each surrounded by a border of seed pearls, the back with a border of 31 emeralds to match the bezel, the centre set entirely with pearls and seven emeralds, pendant and bow decorated to match. Matte and engine-turned gold dial with radial Roman numerals set with seed pearls. Gold Breguet hands, gilt brass three-quarter plate movement, spring barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance recessed within the movement, flat balance spring, index regulator. Case marked BM.

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Diameter: 43 mm
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Signed: Bautte & Moynier Genève
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Bautte & Moynier Successors of the renowned Genevan firm which was founded by Jean-François Bautte, and which was known successively by the names of Moulinié & Bautte, Moulinié, Bautte et Cie, Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier, Bautte, Jean- François Bautte & Cie, Rossel, Bautte & Cie, J. Rossel et Fils, Felipe Hecht, and Juan Hecht. The Bautte & Moynier firm was founded in 1826 by Jean-François Bautte and Jean-Gabriel Moynier. Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.