French fine gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1810

Open faced pocket watch with cylinder escapement
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A French fine quarter repeating pocket watch with cylinder escapement, circa 1810. An 18 carat gold case with case maker’s punch mark “G&C”, two French punch marks for 18 carat gold 1809-1819 and a third gold standard mark of Geneva 1809-1814; a gold engine turned signed dial with an enamel chapter ring with Arabic hours and a movement which is a “Lepine” caliber with 2 hammers / 2 gongs, a going barrel, three-arm brass balance, a temperature compensation for balance spring and keywind.
Volutes, flowers, birds and a goddess with a cornucopia decorate the elaborately engraved case back.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 128 g
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Signed: Le Roy, Horloger de S.A.L. et R. Madame à Paris
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Charles Le Roy founded the oldest watch manufacture in France at 1764 in Paris. Greatly appreciated by the King, the Queen, and the Court, Charles Le Roy was often invited to the Louvre. He was noted for the perfection of his watches and his beautiful clocks that decorated the walls of princely palaces and mansions throughout Europe. During the period of the French Revolution from September 1793 – July 1794, he used an anagram of his name, EYLOR, rather than his real name, which had been too closely associated with the aristocracy. This name can still be found today on the clock dials and on the plates of watches produced during the era. Charles Le Roy’s son had learned the watchmaking trade with his father, and in 1827, father and son became associates, the company name changing to Le Roy & Fils, Horlogers du Roi. At this point, the archives began to be conserved.