5,175 CHF
Julien Le Roy à Paris, No. 3750, with Paris hallmarks for 1753. Very fine and rare 18K varicolored gold à toc quarter-repeating watch. Double-body, "Louis XV", by the master casemaker Joseph Quetin, back with applied varicolored gold musical trophies against "sunburst" engine-turning. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost five-minute Arabic markers. Gold "Louis XV" hands. 36 mm. (16’’’), hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement with plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock pierced and engraved with letters "JLR" for Julien Le Roy, repeating mechanism with anchor governor, repeating on the case by depressing the pendant.Signed on the back plate, the dial plate engraved with the inscription: Inventé par Jul. Le Roy en 1740. Diam. 45 mm. Notes This watch incorporates most of Julien Le Roy’s inventions related to repeating movements.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
