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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 102

Zephyr and Flora Julien Le Roy, Paris, No. 1805, circa 1742. Very fine 20K gold and painted on enamel watch.

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 1,900 - 4,000 / USD 2,300 - 3,100

C. Two-body, Louis XV, back painted on enamel with a scene depicting Flora and Zephyr (after Antoine Coypel, 1661-1772, today in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow), reclining in a meadow among flowers, bezel decorated with enamel foliage and flowers.D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 3 o?clock. Gold "Louis XV" hands.M. 38 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, micrometric potence adjustment, continental cock Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 46 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2 - 14 - 55
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 14 - 01

Notes

Zephyr and Flora In Antiquity, the Winds played a crucial role in navigation. According to Ovid, Zephyr, the West Wind, saw the nymph Chloris, fell hopelessly in love with her, and finally married her. He made her a ruler over the kingdom of flowers and she became known as Flora.