Swiss decorative gold and enamel verge pocket watch Circa 1790

Large gold pocket watch by Chevalier & Comp.
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A fine and large, exceptionally fine quality, French gold/enamel verge pocket watch, circa 1790.
Signed verge movement. Signed enamel dial, in very beautiful condition, with Arabic radial hours, outer minutes track with fifteen minutes numerals, and pink gold hands. 18K pink gold case, both sides with a white enamel rim with gold inlay, back with a wonderful enamel painting, The music lesson, a very detailed representation of a family playing music, surrounded by a paillon rim, and the pendant also decorated with paillon enamel.
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Diameter: 51.5 mm
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Weight: 75 g
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Signed: Chevalier et Compagnie
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This watch is of outstanding quality. Only a small area of the enamel has been professionally restored.
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Chevalier et Cie. (Geneva) Swiss watch manufacture
Chevalier & Cie or Chevalier & Compagnie was documented in Geneva in the 1790s. Whether Jacob Chevalier, who worked in this city in the second half of the 18th century first alone and then with Mathey, had anything to do with Chevalier & Cie has not yet been proven, but in terms of time, Chevalier & Mathey (1786-1792 ) could very well have been direct forerunners of this company.