Brand L. Leroy & Cie, Paris, “Horloger de la Marine” (Watchmaker for the Navy), Palais-Royal (13-15 Galerie Montpensier)
Model pocket chronometer with quarter-repeater
Retailed by delivered to Charles Grottendieck, “Fournisseur de Leurs Majestés le Roi et la Reine” (Supplier to Their Majesties the King and Queen), Brussels (10, rue Montagne de la Cour)
Year 1894
Movement No. 1 606 / No. 1 678
Calibre 22’’’, manual-winding, probably 33 jewels
Case No. 1 678 / No. 58 588
Material/s yellow gold (18-carat)
Dimensions Ø 59 mm.
Thickness 17.3 mm.
Weight 184.2 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories copy of the sales book of L. Leroy & Cie, copy of the Bulletin de marche from the Besançon observatory L. Leroy & Cie
Historical and impressive pocket chronometer, quarter-repeater, special balance-wheel and cylindrical hairspring, enamel dial, Bulletin de marche from the Besançon observatory; yellow gold (18-carat) The watch of Jules Le Jeune (1828-1911), Minister of Justice (1887-1894), Senator (1894-1900) and Minister of State (1894) of the Kingdom of Belgium Yellow gold (18-carat), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, large, heavy and impressive pocket chronometer, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and one horological complication:
• Quarter-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by the slide located on the case-band at 3:30) Time-setting by push-pin (à poussette) located on the case-band at 11:30. Case: by the Société Générale des monteurs de boîtes d’or, Besançon, four-piece, “Empire”-style, polished; gold cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the manufacturer's name and serial number, and the mention “Jules Le Jeune / MINISTRE D’ÉTAT / 1911 †“; oval-shaped clipped bow. Dial: white colour enamel (two-piece), with black painted radiating Roman numerals; external minute track divided five by five with black painted radiating lines; yellow gold “Poire Stuart” pear-shaped hands. Movement: calibre 22’’’ (ebauche No. 56·2 / 1606 / 4), probably 33 jewels, gilded brass, going barrel with fine winding with free double ratchet (“Extra” quality), straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated crank balance with gold and platinum poising screws, Palladium cylindrical hairspring with terminal curves, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.
