7,475 CHF
Le Roy, Horologer du Roi, a Paris, No 3501, circa 1815. Very fine 20K gold quarter-repeating watch four-body "Empire", No. 3167, barley corn engine-turned back, band reeded in unusual double pattern, hinged gold cuvette with winding aperture. Notes Le Roy & Cie. Bazile-Charles Le Roy, the son of Bazile Le Roy, settled in the Palais Royal in 1788. His first address was 88 Galerie de Pierre. Subsequently the workshop moved to 13-15 of the same Galerie, which was renamed the Galerie Egalité during the Revolution and the Galerie Montpensier in 1815. During the Revolution, Le Roy changed his name to its anagram, "Eylor". In 1827, the firm's name was changed to "Le Roy, horloger du roi".
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-16
