$5,750
L. Leroy & Cie., Horlogers de la Marine, Paris, No. 1477, circa 1914, for E. Lamarque, Florida 335, Buenos-Aires. Very fine 18K gold, keyless pocket chronometer, with split-seconds chronograph and instantaneous 60 minutes recorder. Bulletin de Premiere Classe de l'Observatoire National de Besancon, No. 10736, in 1914, with a total 169,5 marks. Three body, massive, "Empire " , polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minutes and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary seconds and minutes register. Blued-steel Breguet hands. Notes Good example of a watch of the best quality, produced by L. Leroy & Cie. in the "Vieux style", from about 1900 to 1920.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-06-20
