Fine French gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1835

Gold open faced pocket watch
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A  fine French 18 carat gold open faced quarter repeating pocket watch, circa 1835. Gilt bridge movement with cylinder escapement, gilt three-arm balance with endstone and blued steel indicator.
18 Carat engine-turned gold case with engine-turned band, gold dome signed: LeRoy & Fils Horloges du Roi a Paris (Watchmaker to the king)  striking mechanism activated by pushing the pendant, striking mechanism with 2 hammers and two gongs.
Dial silver with engine-turned middle, radial Roman numerals and minute outer, blued steel Breguet hands.
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Diameter: 42 mm
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Weight: 47.5 g
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Signed:  LeRoy à Paris
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LEROY & Fils. Paris, Palais Royal  1830s-1910s, then Paris, Avenue Opera 1940s, also London, Regent Street, later New Bond Street, at one time Maddox Street as Leroy and Son 1850s-1890s, watchmaker to Her Majesty The King.
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Reference 0020000