Sold for:
$2,990
$2,990
L. Leroy & Cie, Horlogers de la Marine, 7 Bd de la Madeleine, Paris, No. 12152. Produced for the British Hydrographic Service circa 1915.Very fine, keyless, silver deck watch. Accompanied by the original two-tier wooden box. four-body, “bassine”, polished, silver hinged cuvette. white enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands. Cal. 45 mm (20’’’), frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring.Case, movement and box signed, case back engraved with “H.S. 2”.Diam. 58 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-03-24
