Only Online Auction
Geneva, May 09, 2022
LOT 67
SON OF JULIEN LE ROY REPEATER
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,000 - 4,000 / USD 2,200 - 4,300 / HKD 16,900 - 33,700TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 1,875
Fine 18K two colored gold, quarter-repeating watch, made by his son Pierre. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant with the anchor escapement used as a regulator for the striking train.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-12 |
Good Worn |
Movement: 3-6-8* |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-38-70.01 |
Good Slightly rubbed |
Brand Julien Le Roy, France
Year Circa 1760.
Movement No. 3754
Material pink and yellow gold
Diameter 45 mm.
Caliber 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 pierced and engraved with the initiais: "J.L.R.", polished steel end-piece.
Signature Dial and movement
Notes
Although signed "Julien Le Roy", this watch was completed by his son Pierre after his death (the cock pierced and engraved "J.L.R." was used by Pierre Le Roy after the death of his father). The inscription : Inventé par Julien Le Roy en 1740, refers to the invention so called "à bâte levée", and the date 1755, to the repeating train with an anchor escapement used as regulator (see Ch. Allix and G. Brusa : Antiquarian Horology, June 1972, an off-print copy is coming with the watch)