1,216,250 CHF
The Masterpiece of L. Leroy for the Exposition universelle of 1878 An outstanding heavy gold pocket watch, with 11 complications made for Count Nicolas Nostitz, in an Exhibition case by J. Nodiot especially created for Carvalho Monteiro. S. Leroy A Paris -on dial. J. Nodiot, Fecit 1896 -on case. Front: Six piece in white enamel with scales for chronograph and recorders, flying 1 /5th.seconds, time with Roman hour numerals, perpetual calendar, moon phase and thermometer. Back: Two part, the outer ring fixed to the hinged cuvette bezel, marked with 44 cities, the inner fixed to the back of the movement with Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals. Blued steel and gold hands throughout. Notes Provenance: Made to the order of Count Nicholas Nostitz of Russia, in 1876, passed on at his death in 1896 to his brother, General Count Nostitz, who sold the watch in the sanie year to Dr. Antonio Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro of Portugal. Returned by Carvalho Monteiro to L.Leroy in Paris for additional decorative elements to be added to the case. Retained in the collection of Dr. Carvalho Monteiro of Portugal until 1920 when it was acquired by Antonio Ramos Pinto of Portugal, and remained in the same family until sold by Sotheby' s, Geneva. Exhibited: L'Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1878. Literature: Droz, Flores, Leroy No.1. La Montre La Plus Compliquée Du Monde. Horological Journal, 1878, Report on the Universal Exhibition in Paris, 1878. Notes: Case: The book on Leray No.1 cont
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-11-14
