Swiss 18K gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1800

Gold cylinder pocket watch 
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An elegant Swiss 18 carat pink and yellow gold keywinding pocket watch by Louis Duchêne & Fils in Geneva, circa 1800. Small pocket watch, with one horological complication: Quarter repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs, activated by depressing the pendant. Case back engine turned with in the center, a large chiselled medallion with a floral motif and chiselled bezels decorated with a fluted case band.
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Gold engine turned dial, with suspended Breguet numerals inside white enamel cartouches and blued steel Serpentine hands. A gilded brass movement, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, gilt brass monometallic balance and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental Louis XVI cock, repeater work on the main plate, under the dial. Signature on the cuvette.
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Diameter: 45 mm
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Weight: 67 g
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Signed: Louis Duchêne & Fils, Geneva
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Some damaging on the case and dial.
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Louis Duchêne & Fils was a leading name in Genevan watchmaking in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Master watchmaker Louis Duchêne (1730–1804) gained fame through his technical innovations. His son joined the business in 1791, prompting a name change to Louis Duchêne & Fils. After Louis’s death in 1804, his son ran the company under the same name until around 1820. Later, the name changed to Duchêne Louis et Cie., and eventually to Duchêne & Peyrot