Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 09, 1997
LOT 361
L. Leroy & Cie., Horlogers de la Marine, 7 Bd. de La Madeleine, Paris, No. 9417, circa 1920. Very fine 18K gold keyless pocket lever chronometer with chronograph and instantaneous 60-minute recorder. Bulletin de Premiere classe de l'Observa.toire National de Besancon, No. 12575, in 1920, with a total of 161 marks.
HKD 27,000 - 30,000
USD 3,500 - 4,000
C.Thrcc body, massive, "bassine", polished". Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary seconds and minute iegister. Gold "pear" hands. M. 18 "' , gilt brass with punch-mark in form of a viper's head set by the Observatory of Besancon, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance adjusted by Jaccard, blued steel, balance spring with terminal curve. Chronograph with visible work and button on the winding crown. Signed on the dial, case and movement, numbered on the case and movement. In very good condition with copies of the timing certificates. Diam. 52 mm.
