French gold quarter repeating cylinder watch Circa 1835

Gold quarter repeating cylinder pocket watch
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A French quarter repeating cylinder in a gold open face case, circa 1835. Key wind gilt bar movement, suspended going barrel with polished steel stop work. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder and steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and blue steel hands. Engine-turned 18 Carat drum shaped open face case, the back with a vacant oval cartouche close to the edge, engine-turned middle. Gold push pendant for the repeat with locking slide in the band. Wound and set through the signed gilt cuvette.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: Lhardy Du Bois