French gold “Louis XVI” enamel pocket watch Circa 1785

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Kenmerk
DT0129
Diameter
56 mm
Estimate
€ 10.000 - 15.000
Price sold
€ 11.900
Gold  cylinder watch in near mint condition
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A Louis XVI gold enamel pocket watch with cylinder escapement in near mint condition, circa 1785. 
An 18 carat gold, enamel, paste set bezels, movement protection cap, enamel dial, beautiful hands, full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
An exquisitely ornamented Louis XVI pocket watch. The bezels on the front and the back are decorated with paste stones. The back shows a translucent cobalt blue enamel medallion with a polychrome painting of a period pastroral scene, paillon decoration and paste stones.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 109 g
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Signed:  Guglielmo Meuron   Paris
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The French maker Meuron worked in Paris in the late 18th and early 19th century; he produced a number of clocks for Abraham-Louis Breguet, some of them carriage clocks.

Signed: Guglielmo Meuron Paris

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