The movement makes me think it's a pocket watch conversion, possibly of a VC but, then again, possibly not. The dial looks like it's been painted in a style designed to look like cloisonné enamel. The engraving doesn't look too badly executed and makes you wonder what these people could achieve if they turned their hands to something useful (the quality of the engraving also makes me wonder if the movement started out life as a VC as a bit of text is not something they're going to struggle with compared to the other embellishments). I agree that gold-plated is unlikely to be a VC thing but could be wrong.