Recordon. A fine, rare and highly complicated 18K gold key wind open face Grande Sonnerie repeating clock watch Circa 1805-10Offered from the T P Camerer Cuss CollectionRecordon. A fine, rare and highly complicated 18K gold key wind open face Grande Sonnerie repeating clock watchDate: Circa 1805-10Movement: Gilt two train half plate cylinder, plain 3-arm platinum balance, Breguet style compensation curb, ruby end stone, striking mechanism mounted to dial plate stamped 250Dial: Two-tone silver with engine turned centre, black Roman numerals to brushed surround, subsidiary seconds at 6, blued steel Breguet style handsCase: Engine turned hinged, ribbed band, repeat button in pendant, locking slide in the band at 1, steel slide at 6 to move from Quarters to Hours et Quarters, round pendant and bow, No.16169Signed: Dial & cuvetteSize: 60mmLouis Recordon is listed as working from 1778 to 1824. He worked from Greek Street, Soho until 1797 when he succeeded Emery at No. 33 Cockspur Street. He was a maker of fine watches, with a variety of escapements. He was Breguet's agent in London and took out an English patent (No.1249) for self winding watches for him in 1780. On the current lot a small screw adjacent to the II fixes the dial to the movement in a manner characteristic of watches also by Breguet.Provenance:Lord Harris of Belmont, sold 30 April 1953 for £75 to T P Camerer CussT P Camerer Cuss CollectionIllustrated:T P Camerer Cuss A Neglected Chapter, featured in Antiquarian Horology Vol. 1 Number 2, March 1954, pages 10-11T P Camerer Cuss, The Country Life Book of Watches, Country Life, 1967, plate 75T P & T A Camerer Cuss, The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches, AC C 1976, colour plate 3 and plate 101