DUCHENE ET COMP, GILT POCKET WATCH WITH ENAMELS, SWITZERLAND CIRCA 1780 47 mm diameter gilt brass case, richly decorated on the back with a large medallion in polychrome enamel depicting a priest celebrating the marriage of two young people, carrure decorated with engraved motifs, white enamel dial with Roman numerals for the hours, Arabic numerals in 5 for the minutes, gold hands. Signed movement with verge escapement, watch currently in working order, accompanied by antique winding key. DUCHENE ET COMP, AN GILT ENAMELS VERGE POCKET WATCH, SWITZERLAND CIRCA 1780 Louis Duchene (1730-1804) was an important Swiss watchmaker specialising in montres fantasies, montres-pendentifs and montres à repetitions, founding father of the maison that became Louis Duchene & Fils in, 1820. In 1775 he founded the maison Duchene et Comp.