Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 134

Quarter-Repeater Le Roy & Fils, Hgers de la Marine, Palais-Royal, 13 & 15, Galie Montpensier, Paris, 57, New Bond Street, London, No. 55589. Made circa 1880. Very fine, 18K gold, quarter-repeating, keyless pocket watch.

USD 1,000 - 2,000

EUR 700 - 1,400

Sold: USD 2,360

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, front cover with monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 18.5???, frosted gilt, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette signed. Case numbered. Diam. 51 mm. Property of Various Owners


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original