French pink gold Lepine repeater with ruby cylinder Circa 1810

Very fine gold open faced watch 
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Very fine pink gold Lepine repeater with ruby cylinder in the manner of Breguet, signed Petit a Paris, circa 1810. An 18K pink gold, engine turned, dome signed Petit a Paris, exquisite precision movement with ruby cylinder escapement in the manner of Breguet, temperature compensation, early parachute shock absorber, repeating hours and quarters, very fine quality, original engine turned dial, blued steel hands, in very good condition, interesting French repeater watch with ruby cylinder.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 95 g
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Signed: B.L. Petit   Paris
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Whether the number 3479 indicates that this watch is a work completed by Breguet cannot be determined. The quality of the watch could definitely indicate this. Probably it is a watch manufactured by B-L Petit, resident in the Rue St. Honoré, working from ca. 1810 to ca. 1840. Considering this watch, he may have been one of the best French precision watchmakers of its time. He was the son-in-law and successor (and with some certainty also the student) of another famous Parisian watchmaker, Claude Mathieu le Ainé (1722-1812)