French gilt watch with alarm and mock pendulum Circa 1690

Gilt metal single-hand oignon watch
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A very fine and extremely rare French leather-covered gilt metal single-hand “oignon” watch with alarm and mock pendulum, circa 1690. Gilt full plate movement with divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with steel balance and short balance spring, steel alarm train with foliate engraved barrel and double-ended hammer striking on a bell in the back of the case. Louis XIV cock with aperture for the mock pendulum and engraved with grotesque masks and foliage, rack-type type regulator.
Case,”oignon”, leather-covered, gold pinwork rosette in the center of the back, bezel with circular sound holes, foliate pierced and chased band under the bezel. protective device of the escapement. Fire-gilt dial with enamel Gilt metal dial with radial Roman numerals, inner half-hour markers, inner rotating alarm dial, center with chased foliage. Blued steel hand. Signed on the movement.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: Ribart Fils a Aix