Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996
LOT 333
Le Roy, Her. de S.A.I. et Rle. Madame, Palais Royal No. 13 et 14, No. 2646, circa 1815. Fine 18K gold, quarter repeating watch.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
C. Three body, Empire, polished with reeded band. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Gold engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 22"', gilt brass, true Lepine calibre with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with Breguet bimetallic compensation curb. Repeating on two gongs with two polished hammers, by depressing the pendant. Signed on the dial and cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
Notes
Sa Maj este Imperiale et Royale Madame, was the title given
to Laetitia Bonaparte, the mother of Napoleon.