Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 04, 2003

LOT 440

Julien Le Roy, Paris, No. 2470, hallmarked 1753-54.Very fine and rare 18K gold, à toc quarter repeating watch.

C. Double-body, Louis XV, engine turned in a basket-weave pattern. D. White enamel with Roman hour chapter, outer Arabic minute ring. Gilt brass dial ring "a bate levée" engraved: Inventé par Jul. Le Roy en 1740. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 39 mm, hinged gilt brass, full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusée with chain, verge escapement with adjustable potence for the escape wheel, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance-spring, gilt brass Louis XV cock with agate end piece. All-or-nothing reeating mechanism, the speed controlled by changing the meshing depth, repeating on the case by depressing the pendant.Signed on the back plate, case stamped with illegible Farmer General's marks.Diam. 47 mm.