6,900 CHF
Julien LeRoy, Paris, No. 3202 with Paris hallmarks for 1755. Fine 18K gold à toc quarter-repeating watch. Double-body, "Louis XV", by master casemaker Joseph Quetin, repoussé in a shell pattern, the bezel similarly decorated. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost five-minute Arabic markers. Gold "Louis XV" hands. 39 mm. (17’’’), hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with agate endstone, micrometrically adjustable potence, repeating on gold blocks of the case by depressing the pendant, with wheel and pinion governor.Signed on the back plate, the dial plate engraved with the inscription: Inventé par Jul. Le Roy en 1740. Diam. 46 mm. Notes This watch incorporates most of Julien Le Roy’s inventions related to repeating movements.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
