French gold and enamel split pearls verge watch Circa 1790

Gold enamel split pearls verge with original 18K gold enamel chatelaine
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A French 18-carat gold and enamel pocket watch with a beautiful enamel scene on the back decorated with split pearls, circa 1790.
The original 18-carat gold enamel chatelaine was decorated with pearls and small enamel chips. Flat full plate movement with verge escapement, guilt and frosted, key wind, fusee and chain, a three-armed brass balance, fine pierced and engraved balance cook, large silver regulating disc. White enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes and finely pierced gold hands.
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This is a fine Louis XVI watch, a French-style movement dating to Rococo and Neoclassicism. This example is a wonderful combination of playful Rococo elements in the classical style of Neoclassicism. The watch has a white dial with vertically aligned Roman numerals and delicate openwork hands. The bezel is decorated with opalescent white and translucent blue enamel panels in a geometric pattern; the back shows an almond-shaped enamel medallion with a polychrome scene, a young lady in a classical robe, a dog, and a pair of pigeons in a wide gold frame with inlaid white corn ears, flower tendrils and vases.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Weight: 69 g
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Signed: Matthey & Comp.
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There are a lot of Matthey, or Mathey, watchmakers, listed, mostly situated in Switzerland and some in Paris. This watch we classify as French, the Comp ͤ  is the English label for ‘the companion’, (in French Cie.) The watch belongs in style to France but was produced for the English market and therefore was signed with Matthey et Comp ͤ.