J’ai Juré Par L’Amour” Jaques Patron

“J’ai Juré Par L’Amour” Jaques Patron, Genève, No. 1345. Made circa 1790. Fine and charming, spherical, 18K gold and painted on enamel lady’s pendant watch. Two-body, spherical, the front cover with a painted on enamel scene of a boy and his pet dog in a landscape, black enamel and foliate edge, the border with the inscription: De Vous Aimer Toujour in white enamel, the back with a painted on enamel scene of a young girl and her pet rabbit in a landscape, black enamel and foliate edge, the border with the inscription: Jai Jure Par L’ Amour. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, Arabic quarter hour numerals. 17 mm., frosted gilt, full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental type balance cock, silvered regulation dial. Dial signed. Diam. 23.5 mm. Notes Jaques Patron ( 1754 – 1827) A very good maker specializing in the making of watches with music and automata with cases of gold and enamel of very high quality. “Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois”, Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions.