CASE SIGNED HUAUD LE PUIS NÉ FECIT, CIRCA 1680, MOVEMENT SIGNED JEREMIAS KRAEMER, REVAL, CIRCA 1700

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Huaud. A very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel openface verge watch
Case signed Huaud le puis né fecit, circa 1680, movement signed Jeremias Kraemer, Reval, circa 1700
With gilt-finished verge movement, engraved and pierced silver cock and foot, plain three arm steel balance, chain fusée, the later white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, steel beetle and poker hands, the case with painted polychrome enamel pastoral vignettes to the band, framed by foliage and flowers on blue ground, the reverse with a painted polychrome enamel scene depicting Venus and Adonis, the interior also decorated with a painted pastoral scene, case signed Huaud Le puis né fecit, movement signed Jeremias Kraemer
35 mm. diam., travelling case 42 mm. diam.

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The watch is accompanied by a fitted gilt metal protective outer case covered with black leather and decorative pin work.

The Geneva enamellers, particularly the Huaud (or Huaut) family, are renowned for their distinctive and beautiful style of enamel paintings. The outstanding work is characterized by their miniaturist style and use of rich and varied colours in contrast to the pastel shades of the French enamellers of Blois. The enamel cases decorated by the Huaud family are highly regarded works of art in their own right.

Pierre Huaud, son of the French goldsmith Jean Huaud and founder of the dynasty, was born in 1612. He moved to Geneva in 1630 and three of his eleven children became also renowned enamellers: Pierre II (1647-1698), Jean-Pierre (1655-1723) and Ami (1657-1724). It is likely that the three brothers trained in the workshop of their father until around 1680 when Pierre II set up his own business. The present watch case, signed Huaud Le puis né, or Huaud the first-born, can be dated from this period.

The second son Jean-Pierre entered into partnership with Ami in 1682. In 1686 they were appointed enamel painters to the Prince of Brandenburg, a position they held until their return to Geneva in 1700. The brothers continued working until the death of Jean-Pierre in 1723 and Ami a year later. The watch cases of the Huauds are usually found with movements made by various English, French, German and Swiss makers to whom they were obviously sold at the time.

A gold and enamel pocket watch dated 1700 by Jeremias Kraemer, Reval (in private collection) is listed in Meister der Uhrmacherkunst by Jürgen Abeler, p. 357.