French silver large cylinder watch with repetition Circa 1800

Technically interesting clock with musical mechanism
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A technically interesting, large cylinder watch with repetition and a musical mechanism, made by the Vaucher Fréres in Paris, France, circa 1800. The open faced case of this watch was crafted from silver, has a coin edge, a reverse side with engraved scene with chapel and a praying person and a slide for triggering or turning off the musical movement on the edge. The white enamel dial has Arabic hour numerals and Breguet hands. The fine lépine movement has a quarter hour repeater and a cylinder escapement.
Dial and case are signed and the latter is also marked CW.
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Diameter: 60 mm
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Weight: 143 g
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Signed: Vaucher Frères (dial)
Carl Wagner (case)
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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 and later came to Paris. Jonas-Frédéric Vaucher, Jean-Henri-David Vaucher, François Vaucher, Jean-Jacques Vaucher, Samuel Vaucher and his daughter Isabelle-Salomé Vaucher all became watchmakers. Excellent watches from this family were usually signed with ‘Vauchez en la Cité’, as is the case here on the plate.
The Vaucher (or Vauchez) family originally came from Fleurier, Switzerland and produced such a large number of skilled watchmakers that attributing the individual watches to their maker is very difficult. The best known was Daniel-François Vauchez. He was born in Fleurier in 1716, was a judicial clerk and married with nine children. Vauchez had to leave the country in 1760 and moved to Paris, where he set himself up as a watchmaker. His wife and children remained in Fleurier for a time but eventually joined him in Paris. Daniel-François had a workshop in the Rue St-Pierre-aux-Boeufs in Paris from 1769 to 1790. He signed his timepieces ‘Vauchez à Paris’ and ‘Vauchez en la Cité’. Six of his nine children also became watchmakers. Vauchez died around 1790 in Paris and his sons continued the business as Fréres Vaucher.