Swiss gold enamel watch with digital hours and date Circa 1840

Gold digital pocket watch by Jean-Francois Bautte & Cie
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A thin Swiss gold enamel pocket watch with floral champlevé enamel decor, royal alliance shield and crowned initials, digital junping hours and date, circa 1840.
Gold and dark-blue enamel case, the back side with family crest, the front side with initials “IH”. Silvered dial, two subsidiary dials, aperture for digital hours, engine-turned. “Lepine” caliber movement, keywind, cylinder escapement, three-arm ring balance.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Weight: 66 g
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Signed: Jean-Francois Bautte & Cie, Geneva
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The coat of arms is that of Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of the Netherlands . Princess Sophie Friederika Mathilde of Württemberg (born June 17, 1818 in Stuttgart, died June 3, 1877 in Huis ten Bosch) was the first wife of King William III and from 1849 to 1877 Queen of the Netherlands.
She was the daughter of King William I of von Württemberg and Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia; as her mother died shortly after her birth, Sophie was raised by her aunt.
On June 18, 1839 – the day after her 21st birthday – she married her cousin Prince William of Orange in Stuttgart. The marriage produced three sons but was extremely unhappy; Sophie spent much of her time with her family in Stuttgart.
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Jean-Francois Bautte (1772-1837) lost his parents very early and began his apprenticeship at the age of 12; he learned the crafts of case making, engine-turning, watchmaking and also that of a jeweller. From 1779 on Bautte worked with the case maker Moulinié, and the watchmaker Moynier joined the company around 1804; the company called itself “Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier” from then on. At the time Bautte was the most renowned purveyor of watches in Geneva. The perfect workmanship which used only the finest gold and enamel in marvellous colours impressed the customers enormously – such quality was usually only to be found in Paris or London.