Heavy French gilt brass decorative pocket watch Circa 1710

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Kenmerk
TD0289
Diameter
61 mm
Estimate
€ 3.000 - 6.000
Price sold
€ 3.750
Gilt brass full hunter pocket watch
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A decorative verge pocket watch “Oignon” with finely engraved and chased ornamental Arabesque décor, circa 1710.
A large engraved and pierced balance bridge decorated with foliage and mythological birds, a  firegilt brass case, brass dial
Enamel cartouches with blue radial Roman numerals, full plate movement, chain/fusee, three arm iron balance.
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Diameter: 61 mm
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Weight: 189 g
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Signed:  Jean Varin   Paris
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In 1715 Jean Jacques Varin was listed as a watchmaker in Paris, in the Rue Pot de Fer-Faubourg Saint-Marcel (1713), in the Rue Saint-Anne (1719) and in the Rue de la Calandre (1728). He was married to Marie Madeleine Leclerc. He died before 1795 at l’ Ile de la Cité in Paris, the Saint Croix Parish.

Signed: Jean Varin Paris

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