French gold and enamel à toc quarter repeating watch Circa 1750

Gold impressive verge pocket watch
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An exquisite and impressive French 22 carat gold and enamel open faced quarter repeating à toc pocket watch made by Charles Le Roy in Paris, circa 1750.
The case is decorated with translucent champlevé enamel flowers, bears the coat of arms of Antoine Leschaudel (1744-1750), maker’s mark JQT and Parisian guild punch mark I for the years 1749/1750. The white enamel dial has Roman hours, an outer minute track, outermost Arabic five minute numerals and Louis XVI hands. The full plate movement is fitted with a chain and fusee, one hammer, a three arm steel balance and verge escapement.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Weight: 109 g
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Signed: Charles Le Roy à Paris
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Charles Le Roy, Parisian watchmaker
In Paris, 1764, Charles Le Roy founded the oldest watch manufacture in France. Greatly appreciated by the King, the Queen and Court, Charles Le Roy was often invited to the Louvre.
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He was noted for the perfection of his watches and his beautiful clocks that decorated the walls of princely palaces and mansions throughout Europe.
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During the French Revolution from September 1793 to 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 signature can still be found today on clock dials and on the plates of watches produced during the era.