French silver hour-striking pocket watch with alarm Circa 1665

Silver pierced and engraved alarm watch by Estienne Hubert
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A French silver pierced and engraved clock watch with hour self-strike and alarm, circa 1660-1670. This timepiece features an elegant full plate movement with a delicately crafted pierced and engraved balance cock, along with a verge escapement. It showcases a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours, inner Arabic numerals for the alarm, a central engraving, and a single hand. The silver case is beautifully adorned with intricate filigree engravings and pierced designs, depicting tendrils and a detailed foliate pattern on both the front and back. The movement bears the signature of Estienne Hubert.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Signed: Estienne Hubert à Rouen
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Etienne Hubert, also known as Estienne Hubert or Etienne Hubert le jeune, was a French watchmaker born on August 24, 1634, in Rouen. He worked as a master in the parish of Saint Michel in Rouen after being appointed in 1656. He married twice and had seven children, including David Hubert, who was a watchmaker in London around 1714. Etienne Hubert fled to The Hague and Amsterdam in 1686 or 1688 and later referred to himself as Etienne Hubert laîné. He signed his watches with Etienne Hubert Junior and is believed to have passed away around 1720.