The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 302

Charles Le Roy à Paris, No. 8784, circa 1780.Fine 18K gold and enamel, opal-set watch.

CHF 1,500 - 1,800

Sold: CHF 1,955

C. Double body, Louis XVI with concealed hinges and opal-set bezels, the back enamel painted with a Cupid and doves in a garden within a blue frame. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 36 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: B

Fair

Case: 8 - 18
Movement: * 31
Dial: 31 - 04