Jacques Bulcke

Jacques Bulcke, France, circa 1590. Fine and very rare gilt metal oval single-hand watch. 41 x 51 mm, oval, gilt brass full plate, turned baluster pillars, fusee and gut line, shrt four-wheel train, the first one with six-leaf pinion, the other with five, two-arm steel circular foliot, elongated gilt pinned pierced and foliage engraved cock, wheel and click set-up, the border engraved with scrolls and flowers.Signed on the back plate.Dim. 72 x 49 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 38-39.