French watch with minute repeater and chronograph Circa 1890

Complicated an very fine gold Piguet caliber pocket watch
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A very fine, numbered, complicated 18 carat gold minute repeater pocket watch with chronograph, made by Bernard Poitevin & V. Lejeune, L. Gironde Succ^r. at 22 Rue Vivienne in Paris, France, circa 1890. The plain and open faced case of this watch was crafted from 18 Carat gold in a waterdrop shape. The white enamel dial has black Arabic minute and hour numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial with black Arabic numerals, a 1/5 seconds register and gold Breguet hands. The top quality movement, probably Piguet caliber, has a minute repeater with chronograph and a lever escapement.
Cuvette signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 99 g
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Signed: M^ons B. Poitevin & V. Lejeune, L. Gironde Succ^r, 22 Rue Vivienne, Paris
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Bernard Poitevin
Bernard Poitevin worked as a Parisian watch and chronometer maker between 1850 and 1890. He founded the company B. Poitevin & V. Lejeune. His shops were located at Rue Richelieu (1850) and Rue Vivienne 22 (1860-1900). Poitevin produced very fine quality watches, watches with complications like repeater watches, chronographs and 1^st class chronometers with bulletin from the Geneva observatory. In Bordeaux, there was a shop in Quai des Chartons 4 for a few years. More important was the shop in Geneva. This was first in Rue du Mont-Blanc 17 (1861) and Rue du Mont-Blanc 21 in 1870. From 1880 Rizzoli Deschamps succeeded Bernard Poitevin. From 1900 to 1935, L. Gironde took over the company. He continued to run the company as Poitevin, Gironde Succeseurs. In Geneva, the shop was at 14 Boulevard James-Fazy. The Paris firm stayed on Rue Vivienne. Poitevin also delivered watches to Louis Raby, e.g. No. 6890. with striking mechanism. He married Josephine Louise Vannier on October 5, 1851 and was then resident at 27 Rue Saint-Marc-Feydeau.