Swiss gold Jacquemart automaton with carillon strike Circa 1820

Rose gold verge with three automata and carillon strike
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A very rare and very fine Swiss 18 carat rose gold open faced repeating Jacquemart automaton with three automata and carillon strike, circa 1820. Fire-gilt verge movement with florally decorated barrel. 18 Carat rose gold dial with white enamelled centre and cartouches for the numerals, three gold cherubs which strike with hammers on three bells during the repeating and blued Breguet steel hands. Plain case, reeded band, case maker’s mark IFN. Case numbered. Comes with a corresponding, probably original and very rare, rose gold watch key with pearls.
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Diameter: 55.5 mm
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Weight: 128 g
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Signed: No name
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Jacquemarts with carillon strike are comparatively rare. The design of the dial and the automaton figures is also unusual and of high quality!