French gold quarter repeating automaton pocket watch Circa 1810

Repeating watch with four automaton actions by Breguet et Fils
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A rare and unusual French key-winding 18K gold pocket watch with multicoloured gold striking jacks and an automaton scene of Punchinello appearing to strike the hour bell, with a total of four automaton actions, circa 1810.
Gilded brass movement with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass), blued steel flat hairspring, and a pierced and engraved gilded continental cock. White enamel dial in an outer chapter ring with Breguet numerals and original blued steel Scottie’s hands. Round-shaped 18K yellow gold case. Cuvette and dial signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Breguet & Fils
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Overhaul recommended. Slightly scratched.
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Punchinello.
In this uncommon automaton scene, the figure of Punchinello enters the aperture at the top from the left when the pendant is depressed; after he has struck the hours, he disappears, and the cherubs below then strike the quarters.
This watch is so rare that Alfred Chapuis and Edmond Droz found only a movement to illustrate it in their book Les Automates.