Rare Swiss gold pocket watch so called cabriolet Circa 1860

Gold full hunting lever watch
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A gentleman’s extremely rare pocket watch so called “Cabriolet”  wearable as a lepine or as hunting cased watch, circa 1860.
An 18 carat gold case, dial with enamel chapter ring, bridge movement, pink gold train, gold screw compensation balance.
The centre of the dial is decorated with an engraved silver emblem on matted gold ground. It shows two rampant lions flanking a shield. The shield itself is divided in four parts and has two towers and two rampant lions grouped around a tiny shield in the centre. Unfortunately we have no further information on what the emblem stands for  nevertheless it makes this watch a striking and remarkable collector’s piece.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Weight: 101 g
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Signed:  Girard Perregaux   Chaux de Fonds
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The Swiss watchmaker Constantin Othenin Girard founded the company Girard & Cie. in 1852 in La Chaux de Fonds. In 1956 he married Marie, the sister of renowned chronometer maker Henri Perregaux; in the same year Girard and his brother-in-law established the company Girard-Perregaux.