Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 285

L. Leroy & Cie a Paris, circa 1915. Fine and rare, large, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with single button chronograph on the crown and register.

C. massive, polished, hinged back, 18K gold cuvette, mobile wire lugs. D. white enamel with painted Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials. "Skeleton" radiumed hands. M. 14 3/4"' gilt brass, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is for start-stop and return to zero functions of the chronograph. Signed on the dial, numbered on the case. Diam. 40 mm.