Pocket watch: historically important lepine with duplex movement and repeater, Patek Philippe No.696 from 1842

Ca. Ø48mm, approx. 72g, 18K gold, case and movement with matching number 696, dome signed Patek & Czapek a Geneve, exquisite duplex movement, temperature compensation, quarter-hour repeater, perfectly preserved enamel dial, Breguet steel hands, intact and in very good condition. The extract from the archives confirms the originality of this rarity. This is one of the earliest Patek Philippe pocket watches with a complication, from the early years of the company when it was still signed Patek & Czapek. There are only about 20 of these duplex watches known. The best known is number 545, sold for approx. 150,000 Swiss Francs (https://www.cortrie.de/go/ZQ6).