9,660 CHF
Le Roy, Swiss, made for the Turkish market, circa 1830. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, quarter repeating watch. Four body, "demi-bassine" with reeded band, bezels, pendant and bow florally chased, the back enamelled with a painted lake side landscape and outer champleve and painted floral decoration. Gold cuvette, engineturned and engraved with flowers, ships and castles. White enamel with Turkish numerals and painted with a floral decoration. Gold Breguet hands. 9—, gilt brass, bar caliber, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring. Repeating on gongs, with slide in the band. Signed on the cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 49mm. Notes Toward 1830, Le Roy, in Constantinople, was the leading watch dealer for that part of the world, he also was the agent for Breguet.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1992-04-11
