FRANCE, premier tiers du XVIIIème siècle
Onion watch in plain silver (950), with striking mechanism.
White enameled dial, hour markers with Roman numerals in blue for the hours, and scale and Arabic numerals for the minutes.
Fusee movement with chain and meeting wheel, striking the hours and quarters on demand. Spiral with openworked cock. Plate signed MYNUEL in Paris.
Openwork caseback with a frieze of fleurons and foliate cartouches.
Gross weight: 153 g. - Diameter: 52 mm.
Movement in need of revision, ringing off-set.
Scratches from use, notably on the glass, minor bumps; a few hairs on the dial, a few chips on the keyhole.
1000/1200
Probably Louis MYNUEL (circa 1675/1680-1742), master clockmaker "privileged according to the Court", active in Paris circa
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