French silver Louis XIV Oignon watch with alarm Circa 1690

Silver Oignon pocket watch by Gilles Martinot 
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A French silver-cased Louis XIV Oignon watch with an alarm, circa 1690. A polished case, the back engraved with concentric circles and with small sound holes around the perimeter, square hinge, and loose ring pendant. Gilt brass dial with black radial Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches, inner white enamel quarter-hour chapter, innermost gilt brass revolving alarm setting disc with Arabic numerals and blued steel single hand for alarm setting and beetle pointer for the hours. Hinged gilt brass, full plate movement with divided Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, fl at balance spring and gilt brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, rack and pinion regulator, alarm train with gilt brass fixed barrel pierced and engraved with scrolls, alarm striking on a bell in the back of the case. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: Gilles Martinot  Paris
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Slightly restored soft enamel on the dial.
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Gilles (II) Martinot born 1658, youngest brother of Baltazar l’aisné, married in Paris to Elisabeth Lejeune in 1687. Established in Rue de Harle), Au Chandelier d’or 1687- 1689, and at Au Cadran on the Quai d’Orfèvres from 1696 to 1718. He was involved with his eldest brother and Jean de Hautefeuille in 1702 in an association to produce watches with balance springs to the latter’s design.