Large Swiss silver-gilt and enamel heart-shaped pocket watch Circa 1819

Silver-gilt open faced in a heart-shaped case
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An elegant, large silver-gilt and painted-on enamel heart-shaped pocket watch, circa 1819. The case revealed a hinge-mounted silver gilt open faced pocket watch. With British import stamps for 1819-1820. A heart-shaped case, blue guilloche enamel representing a multicolour bouquet, the back cover decorated with a painted-on enamel scene of a lover’s serenade in a parc, opening to reveal a hinge-mounted pocket watch holder with the stand to hold in the upright position. White enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute track and blued steel spade hands. Gilt, three-quarter plate movement, elongated straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
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Diameter: 60 mm (watch 34 mm)
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Signed: No Name
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The same scene is represented on the Faberge fan purchased by Queen Alexander in 1912 for her daughter-in-law Queen Mary which is today part of the Royal Collection Trust.