Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 585

Julien Le Roy a Paris, No. 3402, Swiss, circa 1770. Fine 18K gold quarter repeating watch.

C. Double body, Louis XVI, the bezels chased with foliage decoration, the engine-turned back centred with a chased small vase of flowers within a wreath of foliage. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring). Gold "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant. Apocryphal signature on the dial and back plate. Diam. 44 mm.