Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006
LOT 201
?Vanity? Julien Le Roy a Paris, No.3159. Made circa 1750. Fine, 18K gold, painted on enamel and diamond-set, dumb quarter-repeating pocket watch with à tact option.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
EUR 2,500 - 3,200 / USD 3,300 - 4,000
Sold: CHF 6,490
C. Two-body, "Louis XV", chased bezel decorated with enamel flowers, the back decorated with a scene of a gentleman in his boudoir attended by two ladies, border decorated to match the bezel, thumb-piece set with an old-cut diamond. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, winding aperture at 2 o?clock, chased foliate dial plate. Rose diamond-set hour hand. M. 38 mm., hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and foliate chased continental type balance cock with polished steel end-piece, silver regulation dial, repeating on the case activated by depressing the pendant. Movement signed. Diam. 47 mm. To be sold without reserve
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 4-62 |
Fair |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 34-04 |
Restored by the manufacture HANDS Later |