Swissplain silver verge pocket watch with hand date Circa 1795

Silver watch with two coloured enamel dial by Robert & Courvoisier
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An attractive Swiss verge pocket watch with hand date and two coloured enamel dial, circa 1795. This watch boasts a plain silver polished case numbered 3406. It has a signed verge movement by Delabroys, a Goupilliere. The watch features an attractive two-coloured enamel dial with a hand date display, Breguet-style radial hours, an outer minutes track with Arabic fifteen-minute numerals and a blue date display with gold numerals from 1 to 31.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Weight: 76 g
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Signed: Robert & Courvoisier
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Robert and Courvoisier are clock and watchmakers from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The company was established in 1770 by Josué Robert (1691-1771) and was later renamed Josué Robert & Fils, Courvoisier, after the death of Josué Robert in 1795. The company mainly produced large clockworks, but as Louis Courvoisier, Benjamin’s son-in-law, became a companion, pocket watches were put into production. After Benjamin’s death, Louis Courvoisier became the manager of the firm, and from 1787 to 1795, the company was called J. Robert & Fils, Courvoisier. From 1795 to 1805, it was renamed Robert & Courvoisier. Subsequently, the name became Robert, Courvoisier & Cie when Philip Grandjean became a business partner. In 1852, it was renamed Courvoisier Frères. Various members of the Courvoisier family ran the company until the 1930s. Along with the Jaquet-Droz firm, they were the most important makers of musical clocks. Their portable officers ‘ watches were famous around the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.