Bordier a Pallise

Bordier a Pallise, No. 13372 / 2849, circa 1790. Fine 18K gold, enamel and split pearl-set quarter-repeating pocket watch Two-piece, Louis XVI, hinged bezel set with split pearls, the back overlaid with translucent enamel on an engineturned ground, pearl set border. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarterhour markers. Gilt Breguet hands. 38 mm., frosted gilt, full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, vergeescapement, brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring, repeating the hours and quarters on a bellactivated by depressing the pendant.Signed and numbered on the movement.Diam. 49 mm.