$7,475
LeRoy, No. 28878, Swiss, made for the Islamic market, circa 1830.Very fine, 18K and enamel pocket watch. four-body, formed, spring-loaded back cover divided into ten radial segments, five in rose enamel with military, musical, and harvest trophies alternating with five segments in azure enamel with bouquets of flowers, the center with bouquets of flowers on rose enamel background, scalloped band, the bezel divided into ten segments, each painted on enamel with flowers, enameled pendant and bow, gold hinged cuvette. white enamel with Turkish numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold "Breguet" hans. 40mm, gilt early bar caliber, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilded balance, blued steel flat balance-spring.Dial signed in Arabic characters. Diam. 51mm. Notes For another similarly decorated watch by LeRoy also signed in Arabic, see the Lord Sandberg Watch Collection, Lot 102, Antiquorum, March 31, 2001.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-28
