Swiss gold repeating watch with musical movement Circa 1810

Gold open faced musical watch
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A very fine and unusual Swiss 18 Carat gold, quarter repeating musical watch with early stacked steel teeth, playing on the hour or at will, circa 1810. Gilt brass highly unusual movement, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on polished steel square section gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Pin barrel musical train with two sets of 14 tuned stacked teeth.
Empire case with reeded band and bezel, the engine turned back with small vacant cartouche.
Gold, engine turned dial with polished radial Roman numerals, outer minute and engraved stylised lotus flower decoration.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: No name
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The unusual musical train of this watch was developed from that, described and illustrated in Rees’s Cyclopaedia, plate XLIII and used by Henri Capt in his musical watches with automaton scenes.