Swiss pair cased watch with a very fine enamel painting Circa 1770

Paste stone-set gold enamel watch by Les Fréres Esquivillon & DeChoudens
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A decorative, paste stone-set Geneva pair-cased gold enamel verge pocket watch with a very fine enamel painting of a Galant scene, circa 1770.
This high-quality Geneva verge pocket watch has a gold à trois couleurs case with silver and gilt brass, a finely engraved three-colour gold band and a bezel on the front which is studded with paste stones. The back is decorated with a marvellous painted medallion showing a Galant scene inside a border of translucent enamelling that is framed by applied enamel ornaments and paste stones. The signed dial is enamel with Roman Empire hours, Arabic five-minute outer track and gold Louis XV hands. And the signed full movement is keywind and has a chain/fusee and a three-arm brass balance.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Weight: 99 g
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Signed: Les Fréres Esquivillon & DeChoudens, Genève
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Esquivillon & De Choudens Geneva watchmaker
Jacques Dechoudens (1728-1801) and brothers Joseph Esquivillon (1714-1798), Jean François Esquivillon (1733-1813) and Gédéon-FrançoisEsquivillon (1717-1799) founded a workshop which produced high-quality verge pocket watches.