Finished by son Pierre Le Roy, Sully escapement, calendar.
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Side lever escapement.
Double wheel verge escapement.
First generation French lever escapement movement
Early lever escapement.
Built on the principle of “garde temps”, quarter and half quarter hour repeater with double wheel duplex escapement sold to Monsieur Egerston (Egerton) on 17 December 1813 for 3,000 FF .
Verge escapement
Double comma escapement (double virgule)
“Rèpètition de Première Classe” with ruby cylinder escapement, sold to an anonymous “monsieur” on 13 July 1811 for 1,728 FF, resold to Monsieur Gozzel on 22 May 1822 for 900 FF.
“Montre de souscription a tact” sold to the brother of the Spanish Consul (Monsieur de la Serna) in Vendemiaire year X (1802) for 1,100 FF.
Hour and quarter repeater with cylinder escapement.
Tide indicator, enamelled dial, cylinder escapement.
Escapement by Paul Garnier
“Repètition dix minutes aux deux styles à volontè a heur sautants” with ruby cylinder escapement and parachute, sent “au freres Chaudoir”, 29 Pluviose an 10 (18 February 1802), revised at the request of Monsieur Mazeau in 1828.
“Répétition des quarts à ponts moyenne, 15 lignes, boîte or n. 3510, échappement à cylindre”. Sold on 05 November 1817 to Madame Soehnée. Monthly calendar and secret compartment containing a lock of hair.
« Simple garde-temps, arbre percé 20 lignes échappement ancre” sold to Monsieur de Bignon 11 March 1858.