98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 392
Pierre Le Roy à Paris, Movement No. 3512, 38 mm, 61 g, circa 1770
An ornamental gold enamel quarter repeating verge pocket watch, studded with diamonds and rubies
Case: 18k gold, enamel, diamonds, rubies, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, three-arm brass balance.
The bright blue, translucent enamel plaque on the back is ornamented with a rosette of diamonds and rubies in different sizes and shapes; it is framed by an undulating translucent green enamel border with set diamonds and rubies in alternating order. Bezel, hands and dial are similarly decorated with diamonds and rubies - a fireworks display of luminous colours and precious stones.
Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785) was a French watch and 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. He had three brothers: Julien Le Roy (1686-1759) a clockmaker and watchmaker, Julien-David Le Roy (1724–1803) an architect, and Charles Le Roy (1726–1779), a physician and Encyclopédiste.
Source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Le_Roy, as of 09/11/2018.
An ornamental gold enamel quarter repeating verge pocket watch, studded with diamonds and rubies
Case: 18k gold, enamel, diamonds, rubies, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, three-arm brass balance.
The bright blue, translucent enamel plaque on the back is ornamented with a rosette of diamonds and rubies in different sizes and shapes; it is framed by an undulating translucent green enamel border with set diamonds and rubies in alternating order. Bezel, hands and dial are similarly decorated with diamonds and rubies - a fireworks display of luminous colours and precious stones.
Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785) was a French watch and 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. He had three brothers: Julien Le Roy (1686-1759) a clockmaker and watchmaker, Julien-David Le Roy (1724–1803) an architect, and Charles Le Roy (1726–1779), a physician and Encyclopédiste.
Source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Le_Roy, as of 09/11/2018.
Sold
estimated
5.000—10.000 €
Price realized
6.700 €