Swiss multi-coloured gold quarter repeating verge Circa 1780

Gold open faced quarter repeater
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A fine and rare Swiss multi-coloured gold open faced quarter repeating verge pocket watch, circa 1780. Matte gilt full plate movement, tapered cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three armed balance with flat balance spring, pierced and engraved balance cock, silver regulation dial, repeating on a bell activated by depressing the pendant.
White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic fifth-minute numerals, decorative gold hands. Louis XVI case, the back decorated with a multi-coloured gold scene of a man and his dog in the garden, outer border decorated with a repeat laurel leaf pattern, bezel decorated to match.
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Diameter: 42 mm
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Weight: 76 g
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Signed:  Freres Esquivillon & Dechoudens
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Esquivillon et Dechoudens Jean-François Esquivillon and Gédéon-François Esquivillon, associated with Jacques Dechoudens, are recorded as working between 1776 and 1800, were Master horologists who made gold and enamel watches with quarter repeating.

Sharp pattern and only a few signs of wear.
Chipped around the winding aperture, all together in very good condition.
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Reference 0014000