French 18K gold, enamel and pearl set verge watch Circa 1790

Gold pearl set watch with enamel scene by Breguet
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A French 18 carat gold, enamel and pearl set open faced key wound pocket watch, circa 1790. The movement with a verge escapement. White enamel dial with Arabic hour numerals, outer minute dots, Arabic quarter hours and gold hands. The case back with a fine polychrome enamel scene, both bezels set with pearls, the pendant with decorations on a translucent blue enamel ground. Dial signed, movement numbered.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 71 g
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Signed: Breguet A Paris
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The glass dome is loose.
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Breguet is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewellery manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. Since 1999, it has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group. Headquartered in L’Abbaye, Switzerland, Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, invented by Abraham Breguet in 1801. He also invented and produced the world’s first self winding watch (the Perpétuelle) in 1780, as well as the world’s first wristwatch in 1810 (the Breguet No. 2639 for Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples).

Breguet is a highly regarded watch manufacturer. Over the years, notable Breguet patrons and timepiece owners include Emperor of the French Napoléon Bonaparte, King George III, Queen Victoria, Alexander I of Russia, Ettore Bugatti, Sir Winston Churchill, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Gioachino Rossini, Arthur Rubinstein and so on. The Breguet & Fils, Paris No. 2667 (1814) pocket watch is among the most expensive watches sold at auction, fetching CHF 4.339.000 in Geneva in May 2012. The Breguet Sympathique Clock No. 128 & 5009 (Duc d’Orléans Breguet Sympathique), is currently the most expensive Breguet timepiece ever sold at auction, fetching US$ 6,8 million in New York in December 2012.