Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 10, 2015
LOT 227
LE ROY QUARTER REPEATER GOLD Le Roy à Paris, No. 1816. Made circa 1800. Fine, quarter-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch.
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
HKD 8,000 - 16,000 / USD 1,050 - 2,100
Sold: CHF 2,000
Three-body, "Empire", polished, reeded bezels and band, slide on the band at 11 for locking the repeating. Gilt metal cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture at 2. Blued steel Breguet hands. 41 mm., matte gilt full plate, verge escapement, threearm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased continental cock with polished steel endplate, silvered regulation dial, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-19 |
Good Dent(s) |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |