Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, May 15, 2011

LOT 398

Leroy Art Deco Desk Compendium L. Leroy & Cie, Paris, No. 31859. Made circa 1925. Fine and elegant, Art Deco, burr walnut and gilt-brass, 8-day going desk clock with barometer and thermometer. To be sold without reserve

C. Rectangular, burr walnut with gilt brass bezels, Art Deco gilt-brass base with burr walnut fillets and feet. D. Matte silvered with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, barometer dial to the right, the mercury thermometer with engraved scale on a silvered plate. Blued steel baton hands. M. Rhodium plated, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed. Dim. 25.5 x 9.5 x 10.5 cm.