A gold and enamel repeating verge watch with chatelaine | Circa 1760

Jean-Baptiste Baillon, Paris

A gold and enamel quarter repeating verge watch with chatelaine

Circa 1760

Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute track, open work hands, signed J Baptiste Baillon

Movement: gilt full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved balance bridge, round baluster pillars, chain and fusee, repeating à toc to blocks mounted inside the case, signed and numbered J. Baptiste Baillon, A Paris, 4007

Case: gold and enamel, The back with domestic scene in polychrome enamel within a chased and engraved scrollwork surround, the bezels with enamel panels simulating lapis lazuli and dendritic agate, plunge pendant for repeating, pulse piece to the bezel, stamped and numbered E, 297

Chatelaine: enamelled with domestic genre scenes, the separate chain formed of shaped oval ornaments enamelled in white to simulate lapis lazuli and dendritic agate, two further chains holding an associated rose gold watch key with integrated date indication, engraved with a gardening and musical trophies and a gold-mounted citrine fob seal with enamelled mounts, the matrix engraved with the coat of arms of the Siennese families Cambiaso and de Vecchi, reverse marked for Jean-Marc-Anton Ecosse, Paris 

Dimensions: diameter 46 mm, length including chatelain approximately 165 mm