French gold quarter repeating verge watch Circa 1780

Gold pocket watch with enamel medallion
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An elegant quarter repeating “à deux couleurs” gold enamel verge pocket watch with enamel medallion, circa 1780.
Gold/enamel case, florally engraved and enamelled border, central polychrome oval enamel medallion with a young girl at the altar of love, with engine turned and translucent cobalt blue border, diamond-set pusher for case opening. Dial is enamel, radial Roman hours, signed, pierced filigree gold hands. Full plate movement, keywind, frosted, gilt, signed, blued screws, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance, blued balance spring, pierced balance bridge, silver regulator disc.
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Diameter: 40 mm
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Weight: 65 g
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Signed: Vauchez à Paris
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Vaucher / Vauchez,
French watchmaker Vauchez (Vaucher!) 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 childrenlater 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”.