98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 394
Pierre Le Roy à Paris, 42 mm, 53 g, circa 1770
A charming gold enamel verge pocket watch
Case: 18k gold and enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm steel balance.
The cartouche-shaped enamel medallion on the back of the case shows an "en grisaille" scene against a crimson-coloured ground with four winged Cupids playing with a billy goat. The wide, engraved gold frame is ornamented with multi-coloured gold and polychrome opaque "basse-taille" enamel petals and leaves.
Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785) was a French clockmaker. He was the inventor of the detent escapement, the temperature-compensated balance and the isochronous balance spring. His developments are considered as the foundation of the modern precision clock. Le Roy was born in Paris, eldest son of Julien Le Roy, a clockmaker to Louis XV who had worked with Henry Sully, in which place Pierre Le Roy succeeded his father.
Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Le_Roy, as of 9/11/2018
A charming gold enamel verge pocket watch
Case: 18k gold and enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm steel balance.
The cartouche-shaped enamel medallion on the back of the case shows an "en grisaille" scene against a crimson-coloured ground with four winged Cupids playing with a billy goat. The wide, engraved gold frame is ornamented with multi-coloured gold and polychrome opaque "basse-taille" enamel petals and leaves.
Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785) was a French clockmaker. He was the inventor of the detent escapement, the temperature-compensated balance and the isochronous balance spring. His developments are considered as the foundation of the modern precision clock. Le Roy was born in Paris, eldest son of Julien Le Roy, a clockmaker to Louis XV who had worked with Henry Sully, in which place Pierre Le Roy succeeded his father.
Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Le_Roy, as of 9/11/2018
estimated
4.500—6.000 €
Price realized
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