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GILLES MARTINOT À PARIS
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GILLES MARTINOT IN PARIS
Late 17th century
Gilt metal onion watch in brown shagreen with a single hand and pendulum balance.
Case: round on a hinge, back and middle in brown shagreen, bezel with a ring
Dial: single-hand, finely hammered with stylized motifs in the center, enamel cartouches with Roman numerals, enamel minute track in a circle in the center
Movement: mechanical with key winding, chased and pierced cock with opening for the pendulum, mounted on two feet, adjusting disc on rack, verge escapement, spindle and chain, signature on plate "Gilles Martinot à Paris".
Diam. 60 mm
GILLES MARTINOT à Paris
Late 17th century
Gilt metal and shagreen onion watch with pendulum
Gilles Martinot, a watchmaker during the reign of Louis XIV, was born in 1622. Housed at the Louvre, he became Valet de Chambre Horloger to the King, a position he held from 1664 until his death in 1688. Along with his son Henri, his name was included in the King's household accounts. The dynasty of Martinot watchmakers since Gilbert, first of the name in 1549, is amply illustrated and documented in Tardy's Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, pp. 439-445.
Late 17th century
Gilt metal onion watch in brown shagreen with a single hand and pendulum balance.
Case: round on a hinge, back and middle in brown shagreen, bezel with a ring
Dial: single-hand, finely hammered with stylized motifs in the center, enamel cartouches with Roman numerals, enamel minute track in a circle in the center
Movement: mechanical with key winding, chased and pierced cock with opening for the pendulum, mounted on two feet, adjusting disc on rack, verge escapement, spindle and chain, signature on plate "Gilles Martinot à Paris".
Diam. 60 mm
GILLES MARTINOT à Paris
Late 17th century
Gilt metal and shagreen onion watch with pendulum
Gilles Martinot, a watchmaker during the reign of Louis XIV, was born in 1622. Housed at the Louvre, he became Valet de Chambre Horloger to the King, a position he held from 1664 until his death in 1688. Along with his son Henri, his name was included in the King's household accounts. The dynasty of Martinot watchmakers since Gilbert, first of the name in 1549, is amply illustrated and documented in Tardy's Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, pp. 439-445.