French gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1806

Gold open faced cylinder watch by Breguet
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A gentleman’s important heavy quarter repeating Repetiton à Ponts pocket watch with jumping hours and ruby cylinder escapement, circa 1806.
Sold to Louis Bonaparte Vendu Pce Louis Bonaparte on June 14, 1806 for the sum of 2.000 Francs.
An 18-carat rose gold pocket watch, case maker’s punch mark JLJ (Joly), gold dial, engine turned, signed, bridge movement, three-arm brass balance, temperature compensated balance spring, shock protection parachute. This timepiece is a high-quality watch by Breguet which possesses most of the technical features of the so-called Premiere Classe repeater watches Breguet had created for everyday use, jumping hour, overhanging ruby escapement, spring suspension of the top balance pivot and bimetallic temperature compensation.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 137 g
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Signed: Breguet Paris
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Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (* September 2, 1778, in Ajaccio, Corsica; † July 25, 1846, in Livorno) was one of four brothers of Emperor Napoleon I of France.
From 1806 to 1810, he was King of Holland and known to the Dutch as “Lodewijk Napoleon”. During his short reign, he tried to endear himself to the Dutch people;
he reformed jurisdiction and gave the country a new constitution. He laid the foundation for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and advocated the improvement of the
welfare system as well as medical care. Most importantly, he delayed the introduction of the Continental Blockage. The embargo against British trade was a massive blow to the Dutch economy. Louis always remained a citizen of France, an “Imperial Prince” and a “Connétable de France”, and for many historians, he was nothing but a “crowned prefect” who acted on his brother’s orders – even his wife Hortense described him as such. In February 1810, Koning Lodewijk, as Louis called himself, had to sign a contract that ceded the territories south of the Rhine to France. Louis and the Dutch people fought this to no avail. French troops invaded Holland, and Louis abdicated and settled in Austria. Napoleon annexed Holland to the empire. Louis Bonaparte was the father of Napoleon III.