Impressive Swiss silver pair cased verge watch Circa 1685

Silver pocket watch with alarm
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An impressive pocket watch with stackfreed and alarm made by Barthélemy Duhamel in Genève, Switzerland, circa 1685. This pair cased watch, which was crafted from silver, has a pierced inner case depicting various animals and featuring a bell. The silver champlevé dial has Roman hour numerals, an outer minute track, Arabic five minutes, a central alarm disc and an iron hand. The movement has a very early stackfreed verge escapement with vase pillars, the wheels partly still of iron, a decorated barrel, two windings for the movement and an alarm.
The movement is signed.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Weight: 215 g
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Signed: B. Duhamel
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Duhamel
Barthélemy Duhamel (Geneva, 1662-1705), son of Pierre, was apprenticed to Abraham Bobinet in 1675 and Pierre Urbain Dufour in 1679. He worked with Philippe Decombe from 1688. Several important early verge watches are known from Pierre and Barthélemy Duhamel.