Unusual French gilt brass and pearl pocket watch Circa 1880

Gold anchor watch with eight day going
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An unusual French gilt brass pocket watch with eight day going, hour and half hour striking, circa 1880. A shaped case, glazed on three sides, the gilt brass veneer with foliate marquetry. Gilt bronze cherub bottom corner pieces extending into feet. Gilt bronze framed, glass door with a gilt bronze applied scene in the centre bottom of a Cupid. The arch with applied, chased gilt bronze beading with a central bouquet and drop pieces in the form of foliage. Matching the pediment and bracket, the pediment is surmounted by a vase. Gilt bronze dial, white enamel cartouches with black Roman numerals, inner engraved quarter hours, outer minutes with one minute Arabic markers, centre chased with scrolling, flower, winding apertures at 4 and 8 o’clock and blued steel fleur de lis and poker hands. Rectangular with turned conical pillars, two trains with going barrels for each, anchor escapement, brass rod pendulum, striking on one bell with a single hammer.
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Diameter: 40 mm
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Signed: Martinot  Paris