Swiss gild copper one-handed verge pocket watch Circa 1680

Gilt and enamel open faced pocket watch
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An early and important Swiss gilded copper and enamel pre-balance spring verge pocket watch, circa 1680-1700. The case is of gilded copper alloy, a painted enamel landscape scene on the inside, Lucretia & Roman Charity on the back by Les Frères Huaud. White enamel dial with Roman hours, the centre with a polychrome enamel scene and one hand. Full plate movement, probably Swiss, signed Baccuet, chain and fusee, three-arm brass balance, verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance cock. 
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Signed: Jean-Pierre Huaud Genève
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Les Frères Huaut (or Huaud). The cases painted on enamel by ‘Les deux Frères Huaut’ were among the finest examples of their kind from the Geneva School and were not only highly valued when originally made, but remained as art treasures in the centuries that followed. Pierre I was the founder of the Huaud dynasty. He was born in 1612 in Geneva as the son of a French goldsmith Jean Huaud. He settled in Geneva in 1630 and three of his 11 children became famous enamellists like their father: Pierre II (1647-1698), Jean-Pierre (1655-1723) and Ami (1657-1724). The brothers were most likely trained by their father and worked with him. Pierre II started his own business around 1680. Jean-Pierre and Ami became partners in 1682 and were appointed painters to the Prussian court in 1686 when they moved to Berlin and started working for Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg (1620-1688). Among their most well-known works are Diana and Actaeon, The Judgement of Paris, The Holy Family, St. John the Baptist, The Nativity and The Adoration of the Shepherds.