French silver and gilt brass repoussé oignon watch Circa 1700

Single handed Louis XIV oignon watch with alarm by Michel Girard
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A very fine and very rare French silver and gilt brass repoussé Louis XIV oignon watch with single hand and alarm, circa 1700. Frosted gilt full plate movement, divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, click and pawl set up, verge escapement, three armed steel balance, pierced and chased cock decorated with symmetrical foliage and strapwork, Tompion type regulator with silver scale disc, alarm train with engraved gilt standing barrel, steel train and sounding with a single hammer on a bell in the back of the case. Engraved gilt brass dial with blue Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches, inner white enamel quarter hour ring, inner alarm setting disc with engraved Arabic numerals and mounted with the hour hand, winding aperture between 3 and 4, original blued steel beetle hand for the hours and poker hand for the alarm setting. The case back with silver repoussé scene depicting Mars seated wearing breastplate and helmet and holding a spear and shield, scroll border, pierced foliate sound frets intersected with repoussé military trophies and townscapes, pierced foliate and strapwork band beneath the bezel, the silver mounted bezel decorated with pierced foliate panels and repoussé fruit swags. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Signed: Michel Girard