French silver quarter repeating oignon watch Circa 1710

Silver quarter repeating Louis XIV oignon watch by Pierre Rousseau
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A very fine and very rare French silver open faced quarter repeating Louis XIV oignon watch, circa 1710. 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 gilt scale disc, fine pierced foliate feet, repeating with a single hammer on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant. Silver dial with large black champlevé Roman numerals, lozenge half hour divisions, inner quarter hour ring, outer minute divisions with Arabic fiveminute numerals, winding aperture between 4 and 5, original blued steel beetle and poker hands. The case back decorated with concentric rings, pierced sound frets and engraved border, the bezel decorated with foliate strapwork, square hinge. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 62 mm
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Signed: Pierre Rousseau à Paris