6,900 CHF
Leroy, Horloger de S. A.I. et R. Madame, à Paris, No. 7098, circa 1810. Fine 18 ct. gold, pull-activated, quarterrepeating watch. Three body, Empire, with reeded band and polished back. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. Gold engine-turned with Breguet numerals on a white chapter. Blued-steel Breguet hands. 21-, gilt brass, bar calibre with free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement with plain gilt brass threearm balance. Quarter-repeating on gongs by pulling the pendant, once released by the button in the band. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm. Notes S.A.I. et R. Madame (Son Altesse Impériale et Royame, Madame) was the title given to Laetitia Bonaparte the mother of Napoléon.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-11-14
