French rose gold quarter repeating cylinder watch Circa 1824

Rose gold open faced repeater with special dial by Breguet
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A very fine French 20 carat rose gold open faced quarter repeating pocket watch with special dial, circa 1824. Made for Thadée Todwen. Sold to Devolue, Meuron & Cie on January 31, 1824 for 1,254 Francs. Gilt brass movement, bridge caliber, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, plain three armed gilt balance, blued steel flat balance spring, parachute on the top pivot, temperature compensation curb on the blued steel index regulator, repeating on two short gongs by two hammers with pull-and-twist piston on the band at 2 o’clock. Gilt hinged cuvette. Silver dial by Tavernier with the name Thadee Towden the place of numerals, outer dot minute divisions, engine turned centre, secured by a screw and original blued steel Breguet hands. Polished case by Tavernier, flat band. Cuvette signed, movement, dial and case punched with serial number, case stamped with the casemaker?s mark and French guarantee marks.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: Breguet Horloger de la Marine Royale
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This watch testifies to the commercial relationship between Breguet and the Meuron firm of La Chaux-de-Fonds, who ordered the watch to be delivered to Thadée Todwen, a member of an old Polish noble family. Further proof of these professional ties is the fact that Breguet lost a box containing several pieces, destined to be delivered to his Paris firm, in the fire which destroyed much of La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1794.