Robert Robin (1742-1799), horloger du roy, supplied a number of clocks to the Menu Plaisirs in the 1780's, including a grande horloge for 5000 livres in 1784 and a clock with hunting attributes for the chambre du roi for 6957 livres in 1788 (see Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, 1971, p. 562). A closely related clock, the dial signed Chatenay, was sold Christie's Monaco, 4 December 1988, lot 138.