Vertumnus and Pomona Huaud school enamel

Vertumnus and Pomona Huaud school enamel, circa 1700, movement by De Beaufre, London, circa 1735. Very fine and rare 20K gold and painted on enamel on copper pair-cased watch. Outer: two-body, glazed on both sides, the front bezel with scrolls alternating with a posy of flowers, the back bezel with cornucopia, urns and scrolls. Inner: two-body, "bassine", the back with a very fine enamel painted on copper, showing Vertumnus and Pomona, from an engraving by Cornelis Vermeulen (1644-1708/9) after Antoine Coypel (1661-1722), the band painted with four cartouches showing countryside landscapes, the enamel inside the back painted with a fisherman beside a peaceful riveand a house amongst trees on the far bank, small pendant, gold bow (later). Gold, champlevé Roman chapters with half-hour divisions, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers in polished cartouches, Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands. 34.4 mm., hinged gilt brass full plate with round baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain four-arm brass balance, double-footed gilt cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, wheel and click set-up, pierced and engraved slver bracket for fusee stop lever. Signed on the movement.Diam. 42.4 mm., 48 mm. with outer case. Published in the Sandberg book, pp. 104-105. Notes It was a common practice in the 18th century to replace the movement in a particularly expensive or beautiful watch. Examples can be found in numerous museums and private colle