French gold quarter repeating ladies’ lever watch Circa 1860

Gold and en grisaille enamel full hunter by Le Roy & Fils
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An important, rare and probably unique French 18K gold and enamel hunting cased quarter repeating ladies’ pocket watch with two portraits of Napoleon, circa 1860. Top quality precision lever movement, solid gold wheels, wolf’s toothing, extremely rare special lever, probably a Louis Audemars calibre, repeating the hours and quarter hours.
À goutte case with on both sides the finest enamel painting en grisaille, two different depictions of Napoleon, case maker’s punch L.R. Cuvette signed Le Roy & Fils Hger De S.A.I. Le Prince Jérôme Napoléon Palais Royal Paris 13 & 15, Galie Montpensier À Paris. Screwed white enamel dial with Roman numerals and gold Breguet hands.
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Diameter: 33 mm
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Weight: 38 g.
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Signed: Le Roy & Fils Paris
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This watch is a museum object of the highest quality. We are not aware of another comparable gold and enamel Le Roy pocket watch.
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Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte, born Girolamo Buonaparte, 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860, was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jérôme I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German, King of Westphalia), between 1807 and 1813. From 1816 onward, he bore the title of Prince of Montfort. After 1848 when his nephew, Louis Napoleon, became president of the French Second Republic, he served in several official roles, including Marshal of France from 1850 onward, and President of the Senate in 1852.
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A grisaille (en grisaille), or grey painting, is a painting in which one does not apply natural colours but restricts oneself to depicting things in all possible shades of the same colour, usually grey or brown.