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Pocket watch: one of the earliest two-hand ‘Oignon’ watches without

Approx. 56 mm in diameter, ca. 114 g, gilted brass, verge movement without a fusee and with an early hairspring, signed ‘Amourette à Marseille’, early regulation, cartouche dial, iron hands, movement intact, a rarity. Watches without a fusee was only produced between 1675 and 1680. With the introduction of the balance spring, timekeeping accuracy improved considerably. It is therefore not surprising that some watchmakers believed they could dispense with the fusee. However, this assumption proved to be a mistake. To date, watches without a fusee and with a balance spring are known only from the watchmakers listed below: Anglois/Paris, Isaac, Bidault/Salin, Boben/Toulouse, Donnet/Castre, Dupuy/Neuchâtel, Gauthier/Paris, Jacques Gloria/Rouen, Gribelin/Paris, Hanet/Paris, Jean Hubert/Rouen, Jacob/Tour, Papillion/Florence, Raillard/Paris, Thuret/Paris, Tompion/London.

Estimate:£5,096.58

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