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 pendant watch, circa 1780. A Louis XVI case, the back with a lady in a garden and the border with green enamel leaves. 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.
White enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 2 o’clock, gilt hands. A hinged,  Dial and movement signed.
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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 six 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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Enamel damaged to the side at 9 o’clock.
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Reference 008000