French repeating self winding jump hour watch Circa 1812

Watch with Robin escapement, power reserve  and thermometer by Breguet
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An extremely fine and rare French 18 carat gold open faced minute repeating self winding jump hour watch with Robin escapement, 48 hours power reserve indicator and thermometer, production started in 1812. Montre perpétuelle à répétition des minutes. Gilded brass movement, Robin escapement, platinum shield shaped oscillating weight, three armed compensation balance with sliding weights, blued steel balance spring with regulator, à toc minute repeating on two hammers onto the case, weight lock, repeating speed and advance/retard levers in the band. Engine turned silver dial with Roman numerals on blank chapter ring, outer dot minute divisions, blued steel Breguet hands, two fan shaped sectors for 48 hours power reserve and thermometer calibrated from 0 to 30°, large subsidiary seconds, Engine turned case, minute repeating pull-twist push piece in the pendant. Case and movement numbered, dial and band signed Breguet No. 2783.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: Breguet
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A masterpiece from the workshop of the celebrated master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823), ‘Watchmaker of the Kings, King of Watchmakers’.
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This watch is another of the master’s ‘signature pieces’. An extremely fine and rare self-winding or automatic watch with minute repeating, power reserve and thermometer of which the production started in 1812. To say it with the words of the legendary George Daniels in The Art of Breguet: “These watches, perhaps above all Breguet’s products, best represent the genius of his horological philosophy, technical skill and aesthetic interpretation of function”.