Julien Le Roy, No. 2818, Paris, 1750

Description: Gilt brass, front wound, verge fusee quarter repeating with two hammers ‘à toc’ movement (dial plate 41.0mm,  6.4mm between plates) with silver regulator dial and blued steel regulator hand, quite small ‘small eared’,  two-footed cock with steel cockerel. Featuring very small round baluster pillars. Enameled copper dial with the signature: ‘Julien Le Roy’. Dial plate rim engraved with scrolls and leaves: ‘Inventé par Jul le Roy en 1740’.

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