4,600 CHF
Leroy & Fils, 35, Av. de l'Opéra, Paris, circa 1920. Gilt brass rectangular, eight day going hour and half hour striking, hour repeating carriage dock with alarm. Rectangular, glazed on five faces. Silvered engine turned with Arabic numerals and subsidiary alarm setting dial. Blued steel Breguet hands. Brass rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking train, platform escapement with lateral lever escapement, bimetallic balance, blued steel flat balance spring and regulator. Striking, repeating and alarm on gongs with button on the top. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Dim. 12 x 9 x 7,5 cm, excluding the handle. Notes Previously Palais Royal, Gallerie de Valois, Leroy & Fils was run by Thomas Garnier. It must not be confused with Le Roy & Fils, later L. Leroy & Cie. first in Palais Royal, Galerie Montpensier, and after 1900, at 7 Boulevard de la Madeleine.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1995-04-22
