Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 332

The Minstrel Julien LeRoy, Paris, No. 2183, circa 1750. Very fine 18K gold and painted on enamel watch.

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,400 / USD 3,900 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 5,865

C. Two-body, Louis XV, back with painted on enamel scene depicting a gentleman sitting at a table while another young man plays the mandolin, a cask in front, bezels with floral enamel decoration.D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture between 3 and 4 o?clock. Gold "Louis XV" hands.M. 35 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 the movement. Diam. 40 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3 - 40
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 24 - 01

Notes

For a biography of Julien LeRoy, see page 147.