Estienne Hubert à Rouen, circa 1660. Fine early silver calendar watch.

C. Double body, bassine with split bezel, fully engraved on the band and back with a fine floral decoration of summer flowers in relief against a hatched ground. D. Silver champleve with Roman chapter-ring, quarter and half-hour divisions, the interior with black waxed summer flowers. Outer ring for the calendar. Blued-steel single hand and pointer for the date. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with elaborate pierced pillars, fusee with gut-line, worm-and-wheel set-up with blued-steel finely pierced brackets, verge escapement, plain steel balance wheel without spring, irregular gilt brass oval foliage pierced and engraved cock. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 47 mm.

Estienne Hubert A Rouen, circa 1660. A very fine engraved silver pair-cased watch.

C. Outer: Double body with silver frame, leather covered with piquet pinwork decoration. haler: Double body, the split bezel and band engraved with acanthes and leaf pattern foliage, the back with a finely executed panel of summer flowers in low relief on a hatched ground, the winding shutter formed as an engraved rose, loose ring pendant. D. Hinged gilt metal located by four lugs with engraved border and applied silver dial with Roman hour numerals, bah' and quarter hour divisions, delicately engraved riverside landscape within the centre. Single blued-steel double ended arrow hand. M. Gilt full plate with turned vase pillars, fusee with gut, three wheel train with verge escapement, plain two-arm steel balance without spring, oval pattern pierced and florally engraved cock secured by a screw, worm and wheel set up with pierced blued-steel brackets and silver indicator disc. Signed on the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.

Du Hamel à Paris, circa 1660. Very fine and early silver pair cased hour striking coach-watch.

C. Inner: Double body, bassine with split bezel and loose-ring pendant, the band pierced and engraved with a mask and inhabited foliage, the back centred with a rosette. Outer: leather covered protecting case, the bezels pierced with silver roundels, the back centred with a silver pinwork rosette. D. Silver champleve with Roman numerals. Fine elongated blued-steel hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with urn pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel two-arm balance without spring, gilt brass irregular cock pierced and engraved with strawberry flowers, ratchet wheel set-up with matching gilt brass click and blued-steel spring, striking train with florally pierced fixed barrel and engraved silver count wheel on the back plate(replaced). Striking and alarm on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 97 mm.

Dennis Champion A Paris, circa 1660. An exceptionally fine gold and enamel savonette cased 'Blois' watch, with original fitted case.

C. Double body, entirely enamelled on all sides with scenes from mythology (see note below). Loose-ring pendant. D. Gold, white enamel outer ring with black Roman hour numerals and graduated half hour dots, centre with scene of Cupid in a landscape. Single engraved gilt hand of tulip pattern. M. Circular, gilt, full plate with turned balluster pillars, gut fusee, three wheel train with verge escapement, plain steel two-arm balance without balance spring, irregular pierced and florally engraved balance cock secured by a screw, the worm-andwheel set up with matching cock, blued-steel wheel and click spring. Tooled and gilt leather protecting case with brass strap work hinge and hook.Signed on the movement. In perfect condition. Diam. 49.5mm.

Blois School circa 1650, movement signed Romilly A Paris, circa 1780. Exceptionally fine gold and enamel savonette cased 'Blois' watch, with purpose built movement by Romilly A Paris. Shagreen protecting case.

C. Double body, entirely enamelled on all sides with scenes taken from mythology (see note below). D. Engraved dial plate located by four lugs with white enamel dial, Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals (small chips), winding aperture at 4 o'clock. Pierced gold Louis XVI hands. M. Gilt full plate with pentagonal balluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with adjustable potance, plain three arm brass balance with flat balance spring and regulator. Pierced and engraved Continental cock. Shagreen covered fitted case contemporary with the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 45 mm.

A Rouen, No. 802, circa 1740. Very rare gold Blois school enamel case with later watch movement.

C. Double body, decorated in polychrome enamel on all surfaces, the exterior of the back with Mars and Venus within black line border, the band with a continuous landscape scene, after Gabriel Perelle, the interior with figures and buildings in a landscape, the cover with the Judgement of Paris on the outside with figures beside a river on the interior. Later loose ring pendant and support, small ring added to the front bezel (various old damages and cracks). D. White enamel, contemporary with the movement, with Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals, winding aperture at 3 o'clock. Pierced gold Louis XVI hands. M. Gilt full plate with turned pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring and silver regulator disc, pierced continental cock the whole mounted in brass spacer ring. In good condition, but with old damages as stated. Diam. 45 mm.

Jean Paris à Paris, circa 1670. Exceptionally fine filigree gold and diamond-set pair-cased pendant watch.

C. Outer: Double body, of delicate floral pattern filigree with applied encrusted minute gold balls. Inner: Plain polished gold, the bezel entirely set with rose-diamonds in silver mounts. D. White enamel on gold, Roman hour mimerais, quarter and half hour marks. Single double ended turned blued-steel hand. M. Gilt full plate, turned vase pillars, fusee with gut, three wheel train with verge escapement, plain polished two-arm steel balance without spring, oval pattern pierced and florally engraved cock secured by a screw, worm wheel set up with delicate blued-steel pierced brackets and silver indicator disc. Signed on the movement. In virtually untouched condition. Diam. 40 mm..

Claude Raillard à Paris, vers 1665. Rare small 20 ct. gold watch.

C. Double body bassine, polished with split bezel and loose-ring pendant. D. White enamel on gold with Roman numerals, half and quarter hour divisions. Fine blued-steel single hand. M. Gilt brass full plate with turned baluster pillars. Three wheel train with fusee and gut line, worm-andwheel set-up with blued steel finely pierced brackets, verge escapement with plain balance without spring, florally pierced oval gilt brass cock, secured by a screw. Signed on the back plate. h1 very good condition with Iater leather fitted box. Diam. 29nun.

Nicolas Gribelin à Paris, circa 1660. Extremely rare and fine steel and gold, pair cased, square pre-balance spring watch.

C. Double body outer leather covered with elaborate gold pin work decoration with a crowned monogram on the back. Inner double body made of steel with gold inlaid decoration, the back with a cherub by the altar of love below the inscription Mon coeur bat. Tulip shaped pendant. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, foliage decoration on the corners, the centre of green translucent enamel over engine-turning. Blued steel single hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with urn pillars, fusee with gut line, verge escapement with plain steel two-arm balance without spring, gilt brass florally pierced irregular cock secured by a screw, worm and wheel set-up with elaborate blued steel bracket. In very good condition. Dim. 35 x 35 mm.

Goullons à Marseille and Huaud le Puisné Fecit, 1690. A fine 20 carat gold and enamel watch case, with slightly earlier movement and dial.

C. Double body bassine form, the back exterior enamelled vwith Juno and Isis, the band with landscape vignettes, intersected by a floral panel painted en grisaille and signed at 6 o'clock, interior with a classical ruin in a landscape after Gabriel Perelle. Loose ring pendant on later gold supporting plate(some hair lines and small damages). Leaf pattern engraved gold split bezel for the glass. D. From Blois, in the manner of Robert Vauquer, enamelled on gold, with outer ring for Roman hour numerals, half and quarter hour divisions, centre decorated in polychrome colours with Rinaldo and Amida. Single bluedsteel tulip hand. M. Circular gilt full plate with turned halluster pillars, gut fusee, three wheel train with verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, (later) oval section pierced and florally engraved cock secured by a screw (old repairs to table) worm-and-wheel set-up with blued-steel hrackets and silver indicating disc.Signed on the movement and case. In good condition, with alterations as stated. Diam. 40mm.

Rousseau à Paris & Les Deux Freres Huaud Les Jeunes, circa 1700. A very fine 20 carat gold and enamel pendant watch.

C. Double body, the back entirely painted on all surfaces with polychrome colours, the back with a representation of Charity, the band with landscape vignettes, framed in sepia and yellow and interspersed with blue panels decorated with ribbon scrolls, signed at 6 o'clock in a cartouche, Les Deux Freres Huaud Les Jeunes (small repair above), interior with a ruin in classical landscape after Gabriel Perelle. Loose ring pendant, chevron engraved gold split bezel for the glass. D. Polychrome enamel on gold, with outer black Roman hour numerals and half hour divisions, the centre painted with a Royal couple. Single bluedsteel hand (non original). M. Gilt full plate with tapering fluted spiral columns, fusee with chain, four wheel train with verge escapement, plain three-arm polished steel balance with flat spring and Huygens type regulator, large pierced and florally engraved Continental cock. In very good condition. Diam: 41 mm.

Nicolas Gribelin, Paris, circa 1675. Particularly fine early silver watch with alarum, and a most unusual decoration on the case.

C. Double body, bassine with split bezel, the border of the back finely pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage (see note below). D. Plain polished silver with engraved Roman chapters, half and quarter hour divisions, and inner revolving alarm setting disc with Arabic numerals. Blued-steel hour pointer and single hand for alarm setting. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with gut-line, worm-andwheel set-up with blued-steel finely pierced brackets, verge escapement, plain two-arm steel balance without spring, silver oval cock with small foot, secured by a screw, and pierced and engraved with foliage. Alarm train with fixed silver barrel, pierced and engraved with foliage, steel train and blued-steel stop-work, striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 50 mm.

Gribelin à Paris, circa 1700. Very fine gilt-metal Louis XIV "oignon" with pendulum.

C. Double body, oignon, fully engraved with foliage and masks, the back centred with a scene depicting Venus in her chariot drawn by dolphins D. Gilt copper with blue Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches and outer white enamel Arabic minute ring, the centre engraved with scrolled foliage. Blued-steel hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass Louis XIV cock, engraved with inhabited foliage, the mock pendulum fixed on the balance rim, visible through a semi-circular aperture. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 60 mm.

Gribelin à Paris, circa 1685. An exceptionally rare and fine silver pair-cased extra large quarter-repeating Louis XIV "oignon" watch.

C. Outer: Double body leather covered "oignon" protecting case. Inner: double body bassine, the band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage ( one small damage). D. White enamel with blue Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued-steel poker-and- beetle hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel threearm balance, flat balance spring, extra large gilt brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage,the regulator brackets of sculpted and polished steel. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant, the repeating train with a gilt brass fixed barrel engraved with foliage decoration. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 85 mm.

Pascal Hubert à Rouen, circa 1690. Fine and extremely rare silver Louis XIV " oignon" clockwatch with 'Gloria's' regulator and without fusee.

C. Double body, oignon, the back silver overlaid and probably originally leather covered with a pin-work decoration, the flange pierced and engraved with scrolled decoration. D. Silver champleve with Roman numerals, quarter and half-hour divisions, the centre engraved with scrolled foliage. Fine single blued-steel hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with urn pillars, the going-train with fixed barrel, 30 hour power reserve indicator verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring with straight line worm-screw regulator, fine giit brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Hour-striking train with gilt brass fixed barrel pierced and engraved with scrolled foliage, the silver count-wheel set on the back plate, striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 59 mm.

Gloria à Dieppe, circa 1690. Fine and extremely rare, silver-cased Louis XIV " oignon", with moon-phase astronomical calendar, without fusee and with Gloria's worm-screw regulator.

C. Double body, oignon, polished. D. Silver champleve with Roman numerals, quarter and half hour divisions, with inner date ring, the gilt centre engraved with summer flowers on a matted ground, with semi-circular aperture for the silver moon phase Bisk, calendar scale on the edge. Blued-steel single hand for hours and pointer for date. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with urn pillars, the going train with fixed barrel, silver 30 hour power reserve indicator, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring with worm-screw regulator, fine gilt brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved in three separated open-work sectors, allowing the balance spring to be seen. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 53 mm.

Caillatre à Paris, circa 1790. Fine and very rare square gilt brass Louis XIV oignon watch.

C. Double body, square, plain sides with moulded frames, loose-ring pendant and winding shutter. D. Gilt-brass plate with engraved scroll spandrels on a matted ground. White enamel dial with Roman numerals (hair line), quarter and half hour divisions and corded edge. Blued-steel single hand (later). M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with urn pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with plain steel four-arm balance,and flat balance spring, irregular foot to the gilt brass pierced and engraved cock, Huygens slide regulator and silver barrel set-up indicator. Signed on the back plate. h1 very good condition. Dim. 62 x 62 mm.

Gaudron à Paris, circa 1690. Fine silver Louis XIV "oignon" with alarm.

C. Three body, oignon, polished, the hinged back opening to reveal the fixed cuvette for access to the winding arbors, the border delicately pierced and engraved with foliage inhabited by cherubs. Split-ring front bezel for the glass. D. White enamel chapter-ring with Roman numerals (very slightly damaged on the border), quarter and half hour divisions, the inner gilt brass revolving alarm setting disc with engraved Arabic numerals. Blued-steel single alarm setting hand with tulip hour pointer. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with urn pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel four-arm balance with curved arms and counter balance to bypass the winding square, flat balance spring and gilt brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with scrolled foliage. Delicate blued-steel spring and click for the ratchet wheel set-up. Alarm train with gilt brass fixed barrel, pierced and engraved with scrolls, striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 57 mm.

Pierre Rousseau à Paris, circa 1700. Extremely rare silver Louis XIV "oignon" with " pirouette" escapement.

C. Double body, oignon, fully engraved with scrolled foliage. D. Later 'embossed' white enamel in contemporary style with Roman numerals, quarter and half hour divisions. Blued-steel single hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with "pirouette".Plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring and gilt brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Rack and pinion regulator with delicate pierced blued-steel brackets. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 57 mm.

Pierre Rousseau à Paris, circa 1690. Very fine and unusual, gilt brass, shark-skin covered, Louis XIV "oignon" with alarm.

C. Double body, "oignon", fully covered with sharkskin, the flange pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. D. Gilt bronze with blue Roman numerals on enamel cartouches, gilt brass inner revolving alarm setting disc with engraved Arabic numerals. Blued-steel single hand and pointer. M. Hinged gilt brass with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring, gilt brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and centred with the head of a soldier. Unusual alarm train with gilt brass fixed barrel engraved with scrolls, and two hammers, striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition with a contemporary gilt brass crank key. Diam. 59 mm.