Lot 551

Pouzait & Fres Godemar à Genève, Movement No. 3194, 51 mm, 88 g, circa 1810
An ornamental gold enamel pocket watch, studded with half pearls
Case: 18k gold, enamel, half pearls. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
Lustrous split pearls surround the enamel dial on the front and an exquisite cobalt blue enamel medallion with two-coloured gold paillon ornamentation on the back. The luminous blue of the enamel is enhanced by the engine-turned floral pattern - a marvelous timepiece in remarkable condition.
In 1777, Jean Moîse Pouzait (1743-1793), director of the watchmaking school in Geneva and inventor of the "seconde morte", began a partnership with brothers Jean Antoine and Guillaume Godemar of Geneva; the company traded as "Godemar Freres & Pouzait" and had an excellent reputation as makers of complicated timepieces. In addition to watches with repeaters and musical automatons they produced high quality duplex or cylinder watches and of course watches with the Pouzait escapement. Several famous watchmakers such as Philippe Samuel Meylan (1772-1845) and Henry Daniel Capt (1773-1843) trained in their workshop. The manufactory existed until 1824.

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