French yellow gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1795

Gold open faced cylinder watch 
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A Fine French 18K yellow gold, quarter repeating pocket watch by Breguet à Paris, circa 1795. A polished, rope-twist band. Glazed and hinged gilt metal cuvette. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals and outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. Gilt brass movement, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with index regulator, polished steel repeating work mounted on the back plate, repeating on three blued steel gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Apocryphal signature on the dial and cuvette, case punchmarked IHP.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: Breguet  Paris