Pocket watch: very fine gold/enamel verge watch with intricate paillone enamelling, Guenoux a Paris, ca. 1770 Ca. Ø37mm, approx. 47g, 18k gold, à-goutte, excellent case quality with tiny, concealed opening button in the band, the band is decorated with small white enamel pearls and flower tendrils on both sides, the fantastic paillon work with peacock's eye effect on the back, which makes the case appear more greenish or more blue-violet depending on the angle from which it is viewed, fantastic quality, movement signed, No. 329, original enamel dial, gold hands, intact. Charles Guenoux worked as a master in Paris from 1764-1789.

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