Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 184

L. Leroy & Cie, Horlogers de la Marine, 7 Bd de la Madeleine, Paris, No. 12152. Produced for the British Hydrographic Service circa 1915.Very fine, keyless, silver deck watch. Accompanied by the original two-tier wooden box.

C. four-body, ?bassine?, polished, silver hinged cuvette. D. white enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 45 mm (20???), frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring.Case, movement and box signed, case back engraved with ?H.S. 2?.Diam. 58 mm.