![Pocket watch. At the end of the 18th century Geneva was home to a thriving industry in small gold objects, decorated in polychrome enamel. Watchcases were exported throughout Europe and then fitted Pocket watch. At the end of the 18th century Geneva was home to a thriving industry in small gold objects, decorated in polychrome enamel. Watchcases were exported throughout Europe and then fitted](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2G3FE6P/pocket-watch-at-the-end-of-the-18th-century-geneva-was-home-to-a-thriving-industry-in-small-gold-objects-decorated-in-polychrome-enamel-watchcases-were-exported-throughout-europe-and-then-fitted-with-movements-by-local-clockmakers-who-signed-the-dials-the-lurasco-brothers-were-no-exception-they-sold-mantel-clocks-barometers-thermometers-and-gold-pocket-watches-in-amsterdam-from-1795-2G3FE6P.jpg)
Pocket watch. At the end of the 18th century Geneva was home to a thriving industry in small gold objects, decorated in polychrome enamel. Watchcases were exported throughout Europe and then fitted
![Lot - VACHERON & CONSTANTIN A gold pocket watch by Vacheron & Constantin, circa the end of the 19th century. Lot - VACHERON & CONSTANTIN A gold pocket watch by Vacheron & Constantin, circa the end of the 19th century.](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/Tajan/07/667607/H0965-L216897704_original.jpg)
Lot - VACHERON & CONSTANTIN A gold pocket watch by Vacheron & Constantin, circa the end of the 19th century.
![Close-up of the internal mechanism of a pocket watch. This fairly expensive model was probably manufactured towards the end of the 19th century. The p Stock Photo - Alamy Close-up of the internal mechanism of a pocket watch. This fairly expensive model was probably manufactured towards the end of the 19th century. The p Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ADGB0G/close-up-of-the-internal-mechanism-of-a-pocket-watch-this-fairly-expensive-model-was-probably-manufactured-towards-the-end-of-the-19th-century-the-p-2ADGB0G.jpg)