Swiss silver and gold marksman’s pocket watch Circa 1894

Silver anker chronometer with gold details
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A very rare, high quality marksman’s pocket watch made for the Tir Cantonal Vaudois in Lausanne by Paul Piguet-Capt in Le Brassus, Switzerland, circa 1894. The case of this watch, crafted from silver and gold, has a high relief scene on the back lid which reads Liberté et Patrie (Liberty and Fatherland), its cuvette is further marked Tir Cantonal Vaudois Lausanne 1894. The white enamel dial features Arabic hours, an outer minute track, outermost five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and gold spade hands. The excellent quality movement is fitted with an anker chronometer escapement.
The movement is signed.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 113 g
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Signed: Piguet-Capt Brassus
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The item presented here is one of the rarest marksman’s watches with a top caliber from Piguet & Capt.
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Piguet-Capt 
In 1894, Piguet-Capt (likely referring to the company Paul Piguet-Capt or other related Piguet family watchmakers) was active in Le Brassus, a village in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland. The Audemars Piguet company, founded by Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet, was also headquartered there.
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The Vallée de Joux was a major center for high end Swiss watchmaking, where many watchmakers operated small workshops within their homes and farms. While the main operations were in Le Brassus, Audemars Piguet had also established branch offices in other cities for sales and distribution by that time, including Geneva (opened in 1885),  London (opened in 1888) and New York, Buenos Aires, Berlin and Paris (opened in 1889).
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Paul Piguet-Capt was a watchmaker known for producing commemorative pocket watches and coin watches, and was active until the late 1920s, working from Le Brassus.