Large French silver verge oignon pocket watch Circa 1690

Silver hour repeating verge watch
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A large, museum quality French silver hour repeating Louis XIV oignon pocket watch with an extremely rare original chatelaine made by Pascal Hubert in Rouen, circa 1690. The magnificent engraved case with representations of mythical creatures on the back and pierced ornaments alternating with various animal images. Beautifully preserved white enamel dial with radial Roman hours in painted cartouches, an outer minute track with Arabic five minutes numerals and iron hands. The signed, richly decorated, silver movement with a verge escapement, high and very steep fusee, Egyptian pillars and a balance bridge decorated with mythical creatures and birds, repeating the hours on a bell.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Weight: 199 g
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Signed: Pascal Hubert à Rouen
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In this condition, this watch is a rarity.
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The Hubert family were important watchmakers and recorded as working in Rouen as early as 1612. Pascal Hubert was born around 1625. According to Tardy, he was appointed master in 1649. He worked with Jacques Gloria senior, one of the first watchmakers who produced watches without a fusee. Pascal Hubert probably died around 1701.