Swiss quarter repeater with independent dead seconds Circa 1850

Gold hunting cased pocket watch attributed to Girard Perregaux
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A very fine and rare, Swiss hunting cased quarter repeating pocket watch with independent dead seconds, circa 1850.
The case of this watch is 18 carat gold with hinged and engine turned signed cuvette, winding and setting apertures, below gold glazed one for safe admiring the movement, gold bolt at 8 o’clock to stop and go for the dead seconds and repeating slide at 5. The dial is white enamel with Roman hours, outer minute track, outermost dead second track, centre second- and Breguet hands. And it has a nickel movement with “fausses côtes” decoration, 39 high quality red ruby jewels, gold train, high quality lever escapement with temperature compensation balance with gold adjustment screws and Breguet balance spring.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 121 g
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Signed: Attributed to Girard Perregaux
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A deadbeat seconds, also called a dead seconds or jumping seconds, is a mechanical watch in which the seconds hand ticks once a second, like any cheap, garden-variety quartz watch.