Danish gold pendant watch with a decorative dial Circa 1880

Gold lady’s full hunter pendant watch
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A fine and unusual Danish 18K yellow gold hunting cased keyless lady’s pendant watch with a decorative dial, circa 1880. Retailed by J.E. Caldwell & Co, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
A polished case with foliate engraved borders and band, the front cover with an engraved foliate monogram, the interior with engraved dedication. Hinged gold cuvette.
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Grey and black dial with white radial Roman hours, an outer minute track, Arabic five-minute numerals on a grey foliate and lozenge painted ground, subsidiary seconds, the centre decorated with a garland of flowers on a black ground and yellow gold Louis XV hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, patented swan-neck micrometre regulator. Cuvette signed.
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Diameter: 39 mm
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Signed: H.R. Ekegrén Copenhagen
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Henri-Robert Ekegrén was born in 1823 and died in 1896. He was the son of Daniel Ekegrén, a Swedish watchmaker. Henri-Robert worked for Jules Jürgensenin in Le Locle, Winnerl in Paris, and Henri Golay in Geneva, where he arrived in 1847. In 1857 he formed a partnership with Ferdinand Westermann. At the 1867 Exhibition, he displayed 36 watches, winning a gold medal. Subsequent exhibitions, Vienna in 1873, Paris in 1875, Philadelphia in 1876, Paris again in 1878 and Zurich in 1883, brought him and his collaborator, Louis Chevalier, further honours and recognition.