98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 563
Le Roy, Horloger de S.A.L. et R. Madame à Paris, Movement No. 7099, Case No. 5318, 56 mm, 128 g, circa 1810
A fine quarter repeating pocket watch with cylinder escapement
Case: 18k gold, case maker's punch mark "G&C", two French punch marks for 18k gold 1809-1819, third gold standard mark of Geneva 1809-1814. Dial: gold, engine-turned, enamel chapter ring with Arabic hours. Movm.: "Lepine" caliber, keywind, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, going barrel, three-arm brass balance, temperature compensation for balance spring.
Volutes, flowers, birds and a goddess with a cornucopia decorate the elaborately engraved case back.
Charles Le Roy founded the oldest watch manufacture in France at 1764 in Paris. Greatly appreciated by the King, the Queen, and the Court, Charles Le Roy was often invited to the Louvre. He was noted for the perfection of his watches and his beautiful clocks that decorated the walls of princely palaces and mansions throughout Europe. During the period of the French Revolution from September 1793 - July 1794, he used an anagram of his name, EYLOR, rather than his real name, which had been too closely associated with the aristocracy. This name can still be found today on the clock dials and on the plates of watches produced during the era. Charles Le Roy's son had learned the watchmaking trade with his father, and in 1827, father and son became associates, the company name changing to Le Roy & Fils, Horlogers du Roi. At this point, the archives began to be conserved.
A fine quarter repeating pocket watch with cylinder escapement
Case: 18k gold, case maker's punch mark "G&C", two French punch marks for 18k gold 1809-1819, third gold standard mark of Geneva 1809-1814. Dial: gold, engine-turned, enamel chapter ring with Arabic hours. Movm.: "Lepine" caliber, keywind, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, going barrel, three-arm brass balance, temperature compensation for balance spring.
Volutes, flowers, birds and a goddess with a cornucopia decorate the elaborately engraved case back.
Charles Le Roy founded the oldest watch manufacture in France at 1764 in Paris. Greatly appreciated by the King, the Queen, and the Court, Charles Le Roy was often invited to the Louvre. He was noted for the perfection of his watches and his beautiful clocks that decorated the walls of princely palaces and mansions throughout Europe. During the period of the French Revolution from September 1793 - July 1794, he used an anagram of his name, EYLOR, rather than his real name, which had been too closely associated with the aristocracy. This name can still be found today on the clock dials and on the plates of watches produced during the era. Charles Le Roy's son had learned the watchmaking trade with his father, and in 1827, father and son became associates, the company name changing to Le Roy & Fils, Horlogers du Roi. At this point, the archives began to be conserved.
Sold
estimated
2.800—5.000 €
Price realized
3.500 €