Swiss gold and enamel quarter repeating musical cylinder watch Circa 1820

Gold and enamel musical quarter repeater probably by Piguet & Meylan
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A very fine Swiss 18 carat gold and enamel open faced quarter repeating musical cylinder pocket watch, circa 1820. Cylinder escapement, two barrels for movement and musical mechanism, repeating the hours and quarter hours, released by the pendant. Gold dial with white enamel cartouches for the Arabic hours, central polychrome enamel miniature painting depicting a harbour scene with sunset, blued steel Breguet steel. Engine-turned case, reeded band, punched PM and FM. Case numbered.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 119 g
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Signed: No name
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The Geneva manufactory was founded as a partnership between Philippe Samuel Meylan and Isaac Daniel Piguet at 45 Rue Rousseau in Geneva and lasted until 1828. The company specialized in the production of sophisticated musical watches as well as automaton clocks and mechanically moving animals such as singing bird boxes, bird cages with singing birds in gold, enamelled or gem-set cases. The most beautiful pocket watches for the Chinese market were made there. The complicated pocket watches from Piguet & Meylan, decorated with polychrome enamel paintings were among the finest that were available in this area at that time.