Very small Swiss gold half-hunting cased watch Circa 1895

Gold and enamel keyless lever pocket watch 
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A fine Swiss small and slim 18K yellow gold and enamel half-hunting cased keyless lever pocket watch, circa 1895. The front cover with a pink guilloché enamel chapter ring and blue Roman hours, the border is engraved with a blue enamel floral motif repeated on the back, the reverse with a guilloché enamel yellow background and a painted enamel cherub flying on a swallow. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with black Roman hours, outer minute divisions and blued steel double spade hands. A matte gilt movement, eight jewels, straight-line lever escapement, plain three-arm balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
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Diameter: 27 mm
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Signed: No name
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A cherub is a kind of angel, one of the second rank. Cherubs or cherubim, as the Hebrew plural is, were the ancient Israelites’ representations of symbolic, otherworldly beings. According to the Bible, a cherub looks different from other angels. Angels are often described as beings without wings, only in Revelation 14:6 angels are described as having wings, and they look like human beings. Cherubs always have wings and often look like animals.