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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021

LOT 158

Romilly
Royalist pocket watch; silver

CHF 100 - 200

EUR 100 - 200 / USD 150 - 250 / HKD 900 - 1,750

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 262

Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Directoire” pocket watch, with royalist balance-cock.

Case-back polished. Engraved dust-cover, hinged and partly glazed, allowing to see the balance-cock.

White enamel dial with suspended “Breguet” numerals; blued steel “Fleur-de-Lys” hands.

Movement 20’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (probably pink gold) and blued steel flat hairspring, engraved silver balance-cock in the shape of a Royal eagle.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3-13

Good

Slightly damaged
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-04

Good

HANDS Later

Brand Romilly, Paris

Model apocryphal signature (not Jean Romilly), probably made in the Neuchâtel mountains

Reference circa 1795-1800

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 2 281 (by “E M”)

Diameter 57.1 mm.

Caliber 20’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement

Weight 107 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial and movement

Notes

This type of watch, intended for a royalist clientele, was produced during the revolutionary period, both in France and in Switzerland. In those troubled times, when one was not allowed to show one’s anti-republican political opinions, it’s therefore normal that a simple watch could contain hidden royalist emblems.

… and everyone to exclaim: Montjoie ! Saint Denis !

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.