French pocket watch with day and date indication Circa 1870

A very fine, heavy quarter repeating hunting cased pocket watch with day and date indication, moon phase and quarter hour self strike “Grande Sonnerie”. 18k gold case, tiered, smooth, monogrammed, à goutte, slide for repeating mechanism, glazed movement with a gold dial, engine-turned, translucent cobalt blue enamelled, radial Roman hours, sunk auxiliary seconds at “9”, sunk date indication, window for moon phase, window for day indication, gold Fleur-de-Lys hands. Bridge movement, rhodiumplated, “fausses côtes” decoration, blued screws, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, mirror-polished pink gold train, signed, gold screw compensation balance, blued balance spring, counterpoised lever, ruby endstone on balance, lever and escape wheel.
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