5,640 CHF
Dumb Quarter-Repeating Merry a Paris, No. 845. Made circa 1750. Very fine, 20K gold, dumb quarter repeating pocket watch. Two-body, "Louis XV", engine-turned with a swirling basketwork pattern, repeat silence button in the bezel, the pendant and thumb-piece set with rose-cut diamonds. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic fiveminute numerals. Gold Louis XV hands. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and foliate chased continental type balance cock with polished steel end-piece set with a faceted red stone, silver regulation dial with blued steel hand, repeating on the case activated by depressing the pendant. Movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Notes Although signed Merry, this watch was almost certainly made by Julien Le Roy.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-29
