Important French gilt watch with exceptionally rare dial Circa 1650

Important French silver-gilt pocket watch
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An important French silver-gilt pocket watch with an exceptionally rare dial, made by Philibert Dagoneau, circa 1650. Early French fire gilt full plate verge movement with pierced and engraved balance cock and silver regulation disc, gut string, without hairspring, regulating device with worm gear, iron balance.
Exceptionally rare silver six hour dial, with from one o’clock till six o’clock Roman numerals and from seven o’clock till twelve o’clock Arabic numerals, the outer ring runs from zero to sixty minutes per hour and divided into two minute sections, outermost date ring has a manual setting, blued steel iron hand which points to the minute ring.
engraved figure scene and blued iron hand.
Splendid later made case, the front cover with a cast Biblical image of Samson slaying the lion and on the back cover a cast image of Moses carrying the Ten Commandments.

Diameter: 48 mm
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Weight: 96 g
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Signed: Philibert Dagoneau, Grenoble
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Philibert Dagoneau, son of Antoine Dagoneau. Grenoble. Born in 1629 and died in 1700. He married in Blois in 1656.
Antoine Dagoneau. Grenoble. Rue Marchande, 1629-1657. Takes refuge in Geneva.
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Samson went down to Timnah together with his father and mother. As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat.
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Reference 0120000