French 20k gold quarter repeating cylinder Circa 1798-1809

Gold quarter repeater by Lepaute
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A French 20 carat gold quarter repeating pocket watch, circa 1798-1809. Fire gilded and frosted full plate movement, 2 hammers/2 gongs, chain/fusee, cylinder escapement, three armed brass balance, blued screws, polished steel parts, signed and numbered. White enamel dial, black Arabic numerals, 1/120 minute ring and filigree blued steel hands, signed. Case made in best Parisian quality, guilloché, maker’s mark ‘AG’ (Amy Gros). Brass cuvette.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 127 g
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Signed: Lepaute A Paris
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Pierre-Basile Lepaute (1750-1843), also known as Sully Lepaute, took over the famous company founded in the 1740s and led it together with his son Pierre-Michel Lepaute (1785-1849). He held the title of Horloger de l’Empereur during the Imperial period and the Horloger du Roi during the Restoration and the July Monarchy. Lepaute was one of the main suppliers of watches to the imperial court and was allowed to exhibit at the industrial fairs 1819 and 1823. The Lepautes were among France’s leading manufacturers of watches and clocks. Among the members of the family were inventors and writers as well as researchers and excellent master craftsmen. Her customers included Louis XV, Louis XVI, Madame du Barry, the Duc de Bourbon, the Princesse de Monaco, King Ferdinand VI, King Charles III and Charles IV of Spain.