French two coloured gold and enamel verge pocket watch Circa 1780

Gold and enamel open faced verge by Jean Daniel Bahn
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An Alsatian elegant à deux couleurs gold enamel verge pocket watch, circa 1780.
The case is 18 carat gold with polychrome enamelled back side, an oval cartouche with the depiction of a young lady and a little boy playing in the park with a dog and a city in the background; an engine turned and translucent cobalt blue frame; a two-colour gold case band with tendrilled engraving and a large outer hinge. The dial is enamel with Roman radial hours and Fleur de Lys gold hands. And the movement is a full plate movement, keywind, frosted, gilt and signed, with chain/fusee, solid movement pillars, three-arm brass balance and a pierced balance bridge.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Weight: 74 g
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Signed: Jean Daniel Bahn à Strasbourg
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Jean Daniel Bahn, French-Alsatian watchmaker.
Jean Daniel Bahn was born on November 20, 1740 to Jean Philippe Bahn and Eve Marguerite Ammel.
Jean Daniel married Marguerite Elisabeth Friedel (1748-1814) . From this marriage, four children were born; Marguerite Elisabeth Bahn (1771-1812) married the goldsmith and jeweller Louis Martin Leysz II. Jean Daniel Bahn II (? -?), Catherine Frédérique Bahn (1778-1820) and Louis Charles Bahn (1779-1818) . His shop was at “Marché aux poissons” (fish market) 112.
Jean Daniel Bahn died on August 18, 1803, at 62 years old. He died of a cerebral infarction or cerebral haemorrhage.