Pigeon A Clermont

Pigeon A Clermont, France, circa 1625. Very fine and very rare silver and gilt metal oval, single-hand, three-train, astronomical clock watch with phases of the moon, alarm and perpetual manual calendar. Oval, 44 x 40 mm, gilt brass full plate, turned baluster pillars, fusee and gut line, short four-wheel train with six-leaf pinions, verge escapement, two-arm circular foliot,mall pinned cock pierced and engraved with asymmetrical floral pattern, striking from a fixed barrel decorated with pierced and engraved floral pattern, five-wheel train, steel count wheel set on the back plate under a pierced and engraved cock, alarm driven from a fixed and engraved barrel striking on the same bell, ratchet wheel and click set-up.Signed on the back plate.Dim. 85 x 52 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 50-51.