Rare French 20K gold and enamel verge pocket watch Circa 1760

Gold and enamel open faced watch
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A rare French 20K gold and enamel open faced verge pocket watch with genre painting The Barber Surgeon, circa 1760.
À goutte case, the borders on both sides are decorated with an engraved geometrical pattern and applied enamel flowers, the backside with an opaque enamel plaque depicting a genre painting, a large lateral hinge, case maker’s mark PBC under the crown. White enamel dial with radial Roman hours, Arabic minutes and stone-set hands. Frosted gilt full plate movement, keywind, chain and fusee, square baluster pillars, three-arm steel balance, large florally pierced and engraved balance bridge.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Weight: 69 g
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Signed: PBC
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A genre painting shows everyday scenes of customs and traditions of people in a generally realistic manner without any religious, mythological or historical background. The genre paintings only developed into its category during the 16th and 17th centuries and are most popularly used to describe the works of Dutch painters. The paintings illustrate the everyday life of ordinary people, nobles and the bourgeois in work or recreation.