Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 233

L. Leroy & Cie., Horlogers de la Marine, Paris, No. 1477, circa 1914, for E. Lamarque, Florida 335, Buenos-Aires. Very fine 18K gold, keyless pocket chronometer, with split-seconds chronograph and instantaneous 60 minutes recorder. Bulletin de Premiere Classe de l'Observatoire National de Besancon, No. 10736, in 1914, with a total 169,5 marks.

C. Three body, massive, "Empire", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minutes and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary seconds and minutes register. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 18"', gilt brass with punch-mark in form of a viper's head set by the Observatory of Besancon, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance, blued-steel balance spring with terminal curve adjusted by Quelos. Splitseconds chronograph with visible work, the button on the winding-crown an push piece in the band. A small push piece, sunk in the band, enable to stop the balance and to release it, in order to set the time with precision. Signed on the dial and cuvette. Accompanied by copies of the timing certificates. Diam. 56 mm.