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Purchased Geneva, 8 April, 1979
Purchased Geneva, 8 April, 1979
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SIGNED LEROY GALERIE ÉGALITÉ, NO. 88. CIRCA 1795
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LeRoy. An interesting silver cased double dial verge calendar pocketwatch with rare revolutionary and traditional dials
Signed LeRoy Galerie Égalité, No. 88. Circa 1795
The frosted gilt chain fusee movement with two dials, the front dial with Arabic chapters, inner minute ring, subsidiary dials for running seconds, date and day of the week in traditional French, gold arrowhead hands, the reverse with eccentric ten hour revolutionary dial, unusual blued steel arrowhead hands, subsidiary dials for date, 1 to 30, and the days of the 10 day week in Revolutionary nomenclature, in silver case glazed to both sides with large oval pendant
50 mm. diam.
Signed LeRoy Galerie Égalité, No. 88. Circa 1795
The frosted gilt chain fusee movement with two dials, the front dial with Arabic chapters, inner minute ring, subsidiary dials for running seconds, date and day of the week in traditional French, gold arrowhead hands, the reverse with eccentric ten hour revolutionary dial, unusual blued steel arrowhead hands, subsidiary dials for date, 1 to 30, and the days of the 10 day week in Revolutionary nomenclature, in silver case glazed to both sides with large oval pendant
50 mm. diam.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.