LOUIS DUCHENE & FILS, GOLD, ENAMEL AND MICRO-PEARL POCKET WATCH, SWISS CIRCA 1780 Age: circa 1780 Material: gold Diameter: 28 mm Case: with enamels and micro-pearls Movement: mechanical with key Escapement: rod Weight: 20 g Watchmaking: yes To be serviced: yes Notes: with winding key LOUIS DUCHENE & FILS, A GOLD CHAMPLEVE ENAMELS AND PEARLS, VERGE POCKET WATCH, SWTIZERLAND CIRCA 1780 Louis Duchene (1730-1804) was a prominent Swiss watchmaker specialising in montres fantasies, montres-pendentifs and montres a repetitions, the founding father of the company that became Louis Duchene & Fils in 1820.