Swiss gold repeater made for the Chinese market Circa 1820

Gold musical pocket watch
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An extremely fine and very rare Swiss, 18k gold musical, quarter repeating, painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch, circa 1820. The Blessing of David by Piguet & Meylan, Genève. Made for the Chinese market. Centre seconds, playing music on the hour or at will. An Empire case, the bezels, pendant and bow decorated with translucent red, opaque pale blue and pale green champlevé enamel with foliate motifs, set with alternate sized split-pearls, the band decorated to match, the backset with a finely painted on enamel panel depicting the blessing of David. Gold cuvette decorated with opaque pale green and translucent red enamel and gold foliage, apertures for the handset, going and musical trains.
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White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric dot seconds divisions, Arabic 15-second numerals. Blued steel lozenge hands. A gilt movement, foliate chased and engraved in the Chinese taste, standing barrels for the going and musical trains, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with polished steel endplate, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant, sur plateau musical movement with 23 tuned blued steel teeth playing on both sides of the pinned disc, silence lever protruding from the edge of the cuvette, bolt to activate the music on the band. Dial signed on the reverse in Chinese characters, case stamped with the case maker’s mark I.E.

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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Piguet & Meylan  Genève
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A similar watch is in the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva.