French 18 Carat gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1820

Gold quarter repeating pocket watch
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A French quarter repeating rare and beautiful cylinder pocket watch in the style of Breguet, circa 1820.
Small round gold case. Silver guilloché dial with Roman numerals with cartridges and Breguet hands in blued steel, small second hand off center at four o’clock. Mechanical quarter repeating movement and parachute system.
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Diameter: 34 mm
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Weight: 107 g
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Signed: Wenham
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This is following the stay in Paris in 1814 of Alexander I (1777-1825), Emperor of Russia (1801-1825) and King of Poland (1815-1825) and his visit to the workshops of Abraham-Louis Breguet (1847-1823), as well as a lunch between the Tsar and the old master (then aged 67), which the latter decides to have a permanent representative in Russia, in the person of Mr. Wenham (probably George), an English born watchmaker. He was active there for Maison Breguet until the 1830’s.