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The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

LOT 406

Jn Le Roy A Paris, Swiss, circa 1760. Fine 18K gold and painted on enamel watch.

C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, back painted with a courting scene in the countryside, inside painted with a country house, bezel painted with continuous landscape, chased pendant. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic figures, winding aperture between 3 and 4 o?clock. Gilt ?Louis XV? hands.M. 33 mm., hinged, gilt brass full-plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance-spring, continental cock.Signed on the movement.Diam. 43 mm.