French quarter repeating watch with self strike Circa 1820

Gold open faced pocket watch by Vaucher Frères
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A rare, fine French gentleman’s quarter repeating pocket watch with quarter hour/hour self-strike and original mahogany box with gold and mother of pearl winding key, circa 1820. This watch boasts an 18-carat gold engine-turned case with a reeded band and an enamel dial featuring Arabic numerals and elegant blued Breguet hands. The watch’s movement is a full plate design, keywind, frosted and gilt, with two hammers, two gongs, an applied rack strike mechanism with polished steel levers, a cylinder escapement, and a three-arm brass balance.
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Diameter: 60 mm
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Weight: 153 g
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Signed: Vaucher Frères
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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 six children stayed in Fleurier; the children later followed their father to Paris. Jonas-Frédéric Vaucher, Jean-Henri-David Vaucher, François Vaucher, Jean-JacquesVaucher, Samuel Vaucher and Isabelle-Salomé Vaucher became watchmakers themselves, and the wonderful watches the family created were usually signed with “Vauchez en la Cité”. An “r” was probably mistaken for a “z”.