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Antique mid-XVIII GOLD & ENAMEL Verge Fusee Pocket Watch by Charles Le Roy

Estimated price for orientation: 3 200 $

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Condition: Pre-owned: An item that has been used or worn previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Year of Manufacture: Pre-1800
Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Material: Solid Gold
Country Made: France Escapement Type: Verge
Age: Antique (pre 1920)


Excellent quality watch by Charles Le Roy - watchmaker to the King Louis XV. Circa 1750s.
It's decorated by beautiful white and blue champleve enamel with allegoric symbols of Art, Science and Trade.
Very good collector condition, movement runnings well.The movement features typical attributes of quality watch of this period
- big balance bridge with ruby endstone
- stainless steel balance wheel
- lack of escapement adjustments
- barrel with wormWeight is 78 grams, diameter is 47mm, height is 53mm.Charles Le Roy founded the oldest watch manufacture in France at 1764 in Paris.
He was born in 1709 in Nanterre and became master watchmakers on 16 August 1733.
He was named to the "Horloger du Roi" Watchmaker to the King in 1737.
Charles Le Roy was very successful as watchmaker.
Greatly appreciated by the King, the Queen, and the Court, Charles Le Roy was often invited to the Louvre.
Among the clients were the largest watch lovers of this time - the courts of Sweden and Saxen, the Count de Provence, Mademoiselle de Clermont and many other aristocracy families.
Watches of Charles Le Roy are being kept in various museums, Musée du Louvre Paris, Basel Historical Museum, Basel, The J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Musée Cognacq-Jay, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Mathematics and Physics Salon (Museum) in Dresden.
Charles Le Roy died on October 2 of 1771 in Nanterre.Don't forget to look my other items on sale.. Please ask all questions before buying.Shipping and payment For shipping to France please contact me after sale and I'll send you corrected invoice.
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