Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996
LOT 308
Leroy & Fils, Hgers du Roi a Paris, No. 23876, circa 1850. Fine 18K gold, quarter repeating watch with dead independent seconds.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 4,600
C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes", engineturned with reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. 19"', gilt brass, double train with going barrels, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Dead independent seconds with a flirt on the escape pinion and bolt in the band. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 49 mm.
Notes
Leroy & Fils, Horlogers du Roi, was the signature of the
founder of the Leroy compagny, Galcrie de Vallois, Palais
Royal, later managed by Thomas Gamier.