Slim French gilt brass and tortoiseshell verge watch Circa 1870

Gilded verge decorated with tortoiseshell
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A slim French gilt brass and tortoiseshell open faced key wound pocket watch made by Le Roy in Paris, circa 1870. The gilded brass movement with a verge escapement. The front with a polychrome enamelled river scene surrounded by applied gilt flowers, small, central white enamel time indication with radial Arabic hour numerals, outer minute divisions and decorative hands, a winding arbour between 1 and 2 o’clock. The case back is covered with tortoiseshell and features an engraved openwork gilt panel centered by a pink stone. Movement signed and numbered. Comes with the original winding key.
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Signed: Le Roy à Paris