Swiss gold repeater made for the Islamic market Circa 1830

Gold and champlevé enamel full hunter
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A fine and rare Swiss 18K gold and champlevé enamel hunting cased quarter repeating cylinder pocket watch made for the Islamic market, circa 1830. Chased bezels, pendant and bow, both covers centred by a pink enamel rosette with scarlet translucent dark red and gold borders, the front cover with a painted flower bouquet, the back with a monogram, outer borders divided into eight segments of alternating pink and green enamel, the green segments decorated with champlevé flowers, the rose segments with polychrome enamel flowers. Hinged gold cuvette.

White enamel dial, Islamic numerals, outer minute track and gold Breguet hands. A frosted gilt movement, eight jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, pare-chute on the top pivot, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb, repeating on gongs activated by the pull-and-twist pendant. Cuvette signed.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Signed: Allégrone & Emery Genève
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Islamic markers. There has been some confusion as to the proper name for the type of numerals found on this watch. Sometimes they are referred to as Turkish numerals, sometimes as early Arabic numerals and sometimes as Arabic-Indic numerals. They originated in India and were adopted by the Arabs, who later came to prefer the numerals commonly used in the West, which we know as Arabic numerals. However, some Islamic countries, including Turkey, continued to use the original markers instead of or in addition to the Arabic ones, as late as the twentieth century. For clarity, we prefer the term Islamic markers.