Lot 358

Yver le Fils à Angoulesme (Angoulême), France, 55 mm, 202 g, circa 1700
A rare, heavy French verge pocket watch "Oignon" with alarm
Case: silver, pierced on the band for sound, rear bell. Dial: silver, champlevé dial, central silver alarm disc. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, florally engraved barrel, 1 hammer, three-arm steel balance.
Abraham Yver was active during the end of the 17th century. Tardy says that "his watches had a great reputation throughout the kingdom".