ABRAHAM CAILLIATTE | SILVER VERGE WATCH WITH ALARMCIRCA 1660

Dial: gilt, with pierced and engraved centre and hour chapter over blued steel background, blued steel double ended hour hand, outer silver alarm chapter with steel bugMovement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved silver screw set balance cock and foot, worm and wheel set-up, fusee and gut line, round baluster pillars, signed Abraham CailliatteCase: silver, pierced and florally engraved case  Dimensions: 38.5mm diameter 

Abraham Cailliatte (1642-1710) came from a family of French refugees who came to Geneva in the 17th Century. A gold and enamel watch with allegorical battle scenes by Abraham Cailliatte (Caillate) is listed in the Louvre, Paris. Kathleen H. Pritchard, Swiss Timepiece Makers, 1775-1975, p.C-4