Vauchez à Paris lady's gold and enamel repeat à toc pocket watch with pearl setting
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
probably circa 1800
This is an exquisite lady's open-face verge pocket watch crafted in 750 yellow gold, dating to approximately 1800. The case is richly decorated with translucent blue enamel over a guilloché sunburst ground, featuring a central rosette on the back.
The bezel and the rim of the back cover are adorned with a decorative setting of pearls. The white enamel dial features Arabic numerals, a dotted minute track with markers at the 15, 30, 45, and 60 positions, and elegant Breguet-style hands. It includes a key-wind mechanism with a winding hole situated between 2 and 3 o'clock. The watch is equipped with a repeat à toc striking complication, which allows the time to be made audible by striking the case directly rather than utilizing a gong.
The movement is a gold-coloured full-plate type with a verge escapement, featuring a pierced and engraved balance cock. The piece is signed "VAUCHEZ" on the dial and "A PARIS" with a movement number "1356" on the plate. It bears multiple hallmarks, including the French eagle's head for 750 gold, and comes with its original winding key.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Height
- 15 mm
- Weight
- 55 g
- Diameter
- 42 mm
- Material
- 750 yellow gold, enamel, pearls
Technical characteristics
- Winding
- key-wind
- Movement
- full-plate verge escapement
- Complication
- repeat à toc
Design
- Dial
- white enamel, Arabic numerals, dotted minute track
- Hands
- Breguet
- Back decoration
- translucent blue enamel, guilloché sunburst, central rosette
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Vauchez
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.