8,625 CHF
Le Roy et Fils, Horlogers de la Marine, Palais Royal, 13 & 15 Galerie Montpensier, Paris, 211 Regent Street, London, No. 54 033, circa 1870. Very fine 18K gold and silver, hunting cased, quarter repeating keyless watch. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", the gold band chased with foliage, silver back and cover chased in high relief with mask and inhabited foliage in the Renaissance style, the cover applied with a small gold monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. Silver with Gothic Roman numerals on a plane chapter ring, the centre engraved with a rosette in the Renaissance style. Blued steel "Romaines simples" hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-10-12