French quarter repeating jump hours watch Circa 1835

Rose gold quarter repeater with jump hours by Charles Oudin
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A very fine French 18 carat rose gold open faced quarter repeating jump hours cylinder pocket watch, circa 1835. Frosted gilt movement, cylinder escapement, three armed gold balance with flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs by pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Hinged gilt cuvette. Silver dial, engine turned, jump hour aperture at the top with Arabic numerals, eccentric minute chapter, subsidiary seconds and original blued steel lozenge hand.  Case engine turned grains d’orge on the back and engine turned band. Cuvette signed, case numbered.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: Charles Oudin Breveté Fournisseur de sa Sainteté Her de S.A. l’Impératrice 52 Palais Royal
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Charles Oudin born in Clermont in 1772. He was a pupil of Breguet and one of his best foremen. He devised a way of fitting equation of time to souscription watches. Oudin was in business on his own in the Galerie de Pierre, Palais Royal, from circa 1804 to 1825, and was then succeeded by his son, who transferred the firm to Galerie Montpensier, 1830-1840, and subsequently took Détouche into partnership. A. Charpentier was the successor to Oudin Fils, using the signature: Charles Oudin à Paris, Horloger de L.L. M.M., l’Empereur et l’Impératrice de Russie. To accompany the display at the 1862 Exhibition in London, Oudin-Charpentier produced a book entitled: “Catalogue of Chief Exhibits by Oudin-Charpentier, principal clockmaker to their Majesties The Queen and King of Spain and to the Imperial Navy”. Oudin-Charpentier was made official watchmaker of the French Navy: a mosaic which still exists today, at No. 52 Place du Palais Royal, bears witness to his title “Horloger de la Marine Nationale”. Considering the quality of his work, it is surprising that so little is recorded about his life. The Oudin Company perpetuated the Breguet tradition.