French cylinder with rare pull repeat in gold case Circa 1820

Rare pull repeat cylinder pocket watch
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A French cylinder pocket watch with rare pull repeat in a gold open faced case, circa 1820. Key wind gilt Lépine caliber movement with suspended going barrel and visible blue steel repeating mainspring. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Diamond end stone. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Pull pendant quarter repeating on two rectangular section polished steel gongs. Fine signed gold engine turned dial, white enamel chapter of Arabic numerals and blue steel Breguet hands. Substantial plain 18 Carat open faced case with ribbed middle, wound through the signed and numbered gilt cuvette. A small button in the band is pressed to allow the pendant to be pulled to activate the repeat.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Leroy Hger De S.A. I. et R Madame a Paris
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An attractive and rare well made watch. Some effort has been devoted to the manufacture of the mechanism to stop the pendant from being pulled accidentally. Unlike a normal push repeat, there would have been a danger that the time would be stuck unintentionally if the safety button in the band had not been added. The watch does not have a long pendant and would sit more easily in the pocket.