Swiss 18K gold repeating cylinder pocket watch Circa 1830

Gold quarter repeater by Antoine Boursier
–
A fine Swiss 18 carat gold open faced quarter repeating key wound pocket watch, circa 1830. Retailed by Boursier in Paris, France. The gilt brass movement with a cylinder escapement, repeating the quarter hours on two steel gongs activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. The case with a reeded band and an engine turned back. White enamel dial with Roman hour numerals, an outer minute track and original moon hands. Cuvette signed, case and movement numbered.
–
Diameter: 39.5 mm
–
Signed: Boursier élevé de Lepaute à Paris
–
Boursier, French watchmaker
Boursier was a French clock and watchmaker who worked in Paris around 1812 on the Rue Saint-Martin and between 1835 and 1860, on 42 Rue des Vieux Augustins. There are watches found signed ‘Boursier élève de Lepaute à Paris’ and also timepieces with the signature ‘Boursier Jeune élève de Lepaute’. In ‘L’Indicateur des mariages de Paris’ of November 18th, 1866, a watchmaker on 55 Rue Notre-Dame-des-Petitschamps was listed as marrying Mademoiselle Déborde. So it’s probably about three watchmakers by the name of Boursier. Boursier the elder, Boursier the younger (Jeune) and the Boursier who married in 1866.