107th Auction
2022/11/19
Lot 257
Jacques Panier
A rare Parisian quarter repeating verge pocket watch "Oignon" from the former property of a French nobleman
Sold
estimated
3.000—4.000 €
Price realized
3.400 €
specific features
Case
Silver, firegilt, engraved, openwork decor, rear bell.
Dial
Firegilt, chased and engraved, enamel cartouches with black radial Roman numerals, iron hands.
Movement
Full plate movement, 2 hammers, chain/fusee, three-arm iron balance.
Diam.58 mm
Circa1710
Ctry.France
Wt.198 g
The case is decorated with a band of ornamental sound holes around the edge on the back side to emphasise the beautiful sound of the strike. In the centre, you can see an elaborately designed monogram, crowned by a French count's crown.
Jacques Panier was born in Paris in 1683. He became a master watchmaker in Paris before 1701. Panier was "Maître horloger Huissier du chambellan du Roy" and worked in the Rue des Boucheries-Saint-Germain and from 1734 in the Rue de la Verrerie. He died in 1737 at the age of 54.