Lot 4: Swiss. A continental gold key wind full hunter enamel pocket watch Watches and Wristwatches

Case & Cuvette No.57817, Circa 1830 Gilt cylinder movement with 3-arm balance, blue enamel dial with engraved gilt foliate decoration, white Roman numerals, white outer minute divisions with five minute markers, gilt spade hands, round hinged case with blue enamel and foliate engraved decoration throughout, monogram to case front, cuvette signed J. F. Bautte, Geneva 39mm.

Jean François Bautte was an eminent watch maker in Geneva and Paris in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, who specialised in making very thin watches. This example is just under 6mm thick.