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197-4210
Pocket watch: historically interesting German repoussé pair case verge watch repeater, Court Watchmaker Simon Mair Neuberg and Heidelberg, formerly part of the famous collection of the Le Roy family in Paris, inventory number 154, ca. 1725.
Ca. Ø48mm, ca. 104g, pierced silver case, beautiful repoussé work, rare design, back with mythological scene, back rim with 4 cartouches and 4 different portraits, probably noblemen, face with the more common representation of various animal figures, richly decorated with tendrils, high-quality 5-part lateral hinge, inner case also extremely splendidly worked, likewise pierced tendrils with birds' heads, various animals and a grotesque face, bell, signed, very early verge movement, repeating the quarter-hours, extraordinary vase pillars, enamel dial, gilt hands, movement intact but restored , formerly with lever for "silent" repeater, now missing. The Court Watchmaker Simon Mair signed his name in at least 3 different ways and also with variations of the place signature, as here with Neuburg instead of Neuberg (source: Abeler Meister der Uhrmacherkunst, page 423.) The watch was part of the famous Le Roy collection. The original inventory card with French description and photo of the watch is available and belongs to the offer!
Hammerprice: 3.200 €
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197-4213
Pocket watch: important, large gold/ enamel verge watch with pearl and stone setting and finest painting, Charles Le Roy Paris, ca. 1780
Ca. Ø53mm, ca. 92g, 18K gold, back with enamelled floral decoration, set with red stones and miniature pearls, very fine quality enamel painting, signed verge movement, No.280, signed enamel dial (small peripheral craquelling), probably original gold hands, intact, rare piece. Provenance: "The Van Cauwenbergh Collection", auctioned in Hong Kong in 1989. Charles Le Roy founded the oldest watch manufactory in France in Paris in 1764. Le Roy was a welcome guest at the Louvre and highly appreciated by the royal couple and the entire court. He was renowned for the perfection of his watches, a large number of them could be found in court palaces and mansions across Europe.
now only: 7.500 €
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197-4283
Pocket watch: extremely rare pocket chronometer with tourbillon, DuBois & Le Roy Le Locle No.13386, sold to Ducommun, ca. 1865
Ca. Ø51.5mm, ca. 145g, hunting case à-goutte, case number 45216, maker's punch LBF, dome signed Ducommun a Marseille, signed tourbillon movement of fine quality, wolf's toothing, screwed gold chatons, enamel dial, blued steel hands, in good condition, in working order. This is a high quality tourbillon. The signature is interesting, because the first two places of the chronometer competition of the Observatory Neuchatel 1866 for pocket chronometers went to the companies DuBois & Le Roy Le Locle and Ducommun La Chaux De Fonds! Some of the most beautiful tourbillons were made in Le Locle at that time, especially pieces by Ernest Guinand, Le Locle.
Hammerprice: 35.000 €
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197-4361
Travel clock: French miniature travel clock with porcelain panels, Le Roy et Fils Paris No. 19831, ca. 1900
Ca. 9,5 cm high, brass gilt, all sides glazed, 3 sides with porcelain panels with different representations, face with porcelain dial with a landscape view, hinged back, signed and numbered full plate movement, lever escapement, in very beautiful condition, movement ticking but needs cleaning, rare.
now only: 2.500 €
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