Rare Czech 18K gold and enamel verge pocket watch Circa 1765

Rare gold and enamel verge watch
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A Czech fine and rare 18 carat gold key wind open faced pocket watch with polychrome enamel scene depicting Venus blindfolding Cupid, circa 1765.
Gilt full plate fusee verge, pierced and engraved balance bridge, ruby end stone, silver regulation, square baluster pillars.
White enamel dial with black Roman numerals, black outer minute track with Arabic numeral 5 minute markers, winding aperture at 3, gold Louis hands.
Consular case form with polychrome enamel scene depicting Venus blindfolding Cupid with an attendant holding one of his arrows set within blue, red and yellow decorative cartouche surround, stirrup pendant and bow.
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Diameter: 44 mm
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Signed: Joan Dellavos, Prag
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This superbly enamelled gold watch depicts a scene of Venus blindfolding Cupid and was first offered at auction in 1958 as a ‘Bohemian gold and enamel watch’. The style however would imply that even though it is signed by a Prague maker, Johann Dellavos, it is in fact of Genevan origin. The enamel scene to the reverse could possibly be by the enamellist Gedeon Decombaz, who was working in Geneva in 1750, or his school.