Empire Clock

Empire clock clock in gilded bronze representing the birth of the King of Rome accompanied by the second wife of Nap I Marie Louise of Austria. Clock signed Le Roy watchmaker Madame. Basil Charles The Roy 1765-1828. Basile-Charles became a watchmaker in 1785 and, in the same year, founded the workshop under the arcades of the Royal Palace, which will remain the family's workshop for more than a century. He worked with the greatest bronzers like Remond, Thomire, Galle and Reiche. He became watchmaker of his Imperial Highness and Royal Lady Mother of the Emperor, King of Westphalia, Her Imperial Highness Princess Pauline honorary watchmaker of King Louis XVIII under the restoration and the furniture guard of the crown. Nowadays some clocks of the watchmaker belong to the most important private and international public collections. This clock is in its usual state with its original gilding, a revision of the movement can be made.