English silver-gilt lever watch made for Chinese market Circa 1870

A very fine and rare Swiss large gilded silver, enamel and pearl-set centre seconds lever pocket watch made for the Chinese market, circa 1870. Serpent Attack by Edouard Juvet, the enamel attributed to P.-Amédée Champod. The case back with a painted on enamel scene of two men in a boat on a jungle shoreline fighting two giant serpents with a hatchet and rifle, their ship moored in the distance, pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow. Spring-loaded silver-gilt cuvette.
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White enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions and Arabic 15-minute numerals, gilt ovoid hands. A gilt-brass movement, entirely engraved, Chinese calibre, six jewels, free-standing barrel, lateral lever escapement, polished steel five-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, faceted endstone, index regulator. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Edouard Juvet Fleurier
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The former property of a Swiss Collector.
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P.-Amédée Champod along with John Graff, was one of the most celebrated enamel painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, specializing in hunting scenes. In his autobiography, which his descendants have preserved, he writes that he wanted to be a painter of large-format scenes, but economic realities led him to paint on enamel. He studied with Huguenin, a Sauerländer, and Charles Glardon, who had the strongest impact on his future style. Champod dropped out of school at eleven and, at sixteen, began working. At the Paris Exhibition of 1900, Champod received a silver medal. His technique was outstanding, and the sense of dynamics in his compositions was unrivalled.