36,800 HKD
Jn Le Roy A Paris, Swiss, circa 1760. Fine 18K gold and painted on enamel watch. Two-body, “Louis XV”, back painted with a courting scene in the countryside, inside painted with a country house, bezel painted with continuous landscape, chased pendant. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic figures, winding aperture between 3 and 4 o’clock. Gilt “Louis XV” hands. 33 mm., hinged, gilt brass full-plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance-spring, continental cock.Signed on the movement.Diam. 43 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-06-06