POCKET WATCH, DEROCHES. METAL, ENAMEL, ETC. POSSIBLY CIRCA LATE 18TH CENTURY.

Pocket watch, Deroches Brothers. Gilded metal, enamels, etc. Possibly towards the end of the 18th century. Pocket watch with a case with a part with transparent glass and a composition on enamels on the back (two ladies, with a score on a music stand and one of them playing a harp). The white dial has Arabic numerals for the hours and vertical lines and Arabic numerals every 15 units for the minutes, and the text “Deroches”. The machinery has a delicate decoration and, engravings, a serial number and the name Deroches”. Similar pocket watches signed by the Deroches Brothers dated to the second half of the 18th century and examples of “Frères Deroches & Cìa.” of the 19th century.

· Size: 6.5x5x3 cms.