6,490 CHF
“The Birth of Venus” Julien Le Roy, A Paris. Made circa 1750. Very fine, 20K gold and painted on enamel pocket watch with outer protecting case. Two-body, “Louis XV”, chased with asymmetrical scrolls, the bezel and border decorated with painted on enamel flowers, the back decorated with a finely painted on enamel scene of the birth of Venus. Gilt brass and tortoiseshell outer protecting case. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals. Gilt brass “Louis XV” hands. 37 mm., gilt brass, full-plate, pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, micrometric potence adjustment, plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental balance cock, polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. To be sold without reserve Notes Julien Le Roy (1686-1759) Is one of the clockmakers who have contributed most to the progress and the reputation of French watch- and clock-making. Born in Tours on August 6, 1686, he came to Paris in 1699 and was received master in 1713. First member, then Director of the Société des Arts, he improved almost all branches of clockmaking, and many important inventions in the realm of time-measurement are owed to him. In 1717, Julien Le Roy presented an equation clock to the Royal Academy of Sciences which showed the true time, the place of the sun and its declination. Appointed Clockmaker to the King in 1739, he had his private
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
