French silver hour self strike verge pocket watch Circa 1640

Verge watch with hour self strike and vanity morifs
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A French silver pocket watch with one hand, hour self strike and vanity motifs, circa 1640. Silver/champlevé dial. Full plate movement, chain/fusee, one hammer, verge escapement, three armed brass balance. Case with pierced edges and back, rear bell, to the back decoration with five round medallions with emblems and banners:

a tower, motto: Je brille en mourant (In death I shine in splendour)
a winged figure (possibly Chronos), motto: La vanité du Temps (The transience of time)
a tree, motto: Avec le Temps (With time)
a bird, motto: Elle cherche gitte ailleurs (Search for accommodation elsewhere) and
a skeleton with scythe and Chronos with an hourglass, motto: Vigilate et Orate (Wake and pray).
Watch of museum quality.