French gold pendant watch with enamel medallion Circa 1780

Decorative gold pendant watch by Vauchez
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A very fine French 18 carat gold and painted on enamel lady’s keywind pendant watch, circa 1780. Frosted gilt full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, pierced and engraved balance cock with polished steel coqueret, silver index regulator and copper indicator. Hinged consular case, enamel decorated reverse depicting a young maiden with birds within a foliate surround.
White enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, black outer minute divisions with Arabic numeral 5-minute markers, winding aperture at 2, gilt hands Dial and movement signed, bow stamped ET.
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Diameter: 41 mm
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Weight: 48 g
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Signed: Vauchez  Paris
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French watchmaker Vauchez (Vaucher!)
He worked in Paris around 1800 and was probably a descendant of Daniel Vaucher. Daniel Vaucher was born in Fleurier and moved to Paris in 1760, where he became a master-watchmaker. His wife and 6 children stayed in Fleurier; the children later followed their father to Paris. Jonas-Frédéric Vaucher, Jean-Henri-David Vaucher, François Vaucher, Jean-Jacques Vaucher, Samuel Vaucher and Isabelle-Salomé Vaucher became watchmakers themselves and the wonderful watches the family created were usually signed with “Vauchez en la Cité”. Quite possibly an “r” was here mistaken for a “z”.
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