French silver quarter repeating hunter pocket watch Circa 1860

Silver keyless wind lever pocket watch
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A French yellow gold and silver quarter repeating keyless pocket watch, circa 1860. The case and dial attributed to François-Désiré Froment- Meurice, the movement ebauche by B. Poitevin, Geneva. A yellow gold band and pendant with engraved scroll decoration, the silver covers deeply cast and finely chased with foliate scrolls the front cover with an applied yellow gold monogram CB, the back centred by a grotesque mask, winding crown in the form of an inverted flower, trefoil bow, hinged yellow gold cuvette.
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Solid silver dial with radial gothic Roman numerals, outer minute track, the centre with engraved stylized foliate scrolls and blued steel halberd hands. A matte gilt movement, 19 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette is signed by Le Roy & Fils.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: Le Roy & Fils  Paris
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François-Désiré Froment-Meurice Was amongst the most renowned silversmiths of the mid-nineteenth century.