Swiss scallop edged gold and enamel pocket watch Circa 1830

Decorative pocket watch with open face by Bautte & Moynier
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A decorative, key winding, Swiss gold and polychrome enamel cylinder pocket watch with matching 18 Carat yellow gold and enamel short chain and winding key, circa 1830.
Round shaped 18 Carat yellow gold and enamel case with scallop edged (12 lobes). Case back and bezel engraved and polychrome enamelled in champlevé with a decoration of friezes and foliage. Silver guilloché engine turned dial with Roman radial hours, outer minutes track and Breguet hands. Gilded brass 4/5 plate movement with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably gold), and blued steel flat hairspring. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 43 mm
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Signed: Bautte & Moynier
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Moulinie, Bautte & Moynier
After the Napoleonic Wars, the small factory grew into a manufacturer that united all watchmaking crafts of the time under one roof. Watchmaker Jean-Gabriel Moynier joined the company on October 1, 1804. The company was now called “Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier” or “Moulinié, Bautte & Cie”. In those years, Bautte was the most important watch dealer in Geneva. The perfect craftsmanship, for which only the purest gold and enamel in wonderful colour nuances were used, impressed the customers immensely – such a quality was otherwise only found in Paris or London to find. As an outstanding businessman, Bautte traded with all European royal courts and thus became one of the most famous watchmakers of his time.