Julien Le Roy

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Julien Le Roy was a major 18th-century Parisian clock- and watch-maker.

[edit] Career

Julien Le Roy was born in Tours in 1686, and by the age of 13 had already made his first clock. In 1699 he moved to Paris for further training. He became maitre horloger in 1713 and later juré of his Guild. Further appointments followed, including the Directorship of the Société des Arts, but the pinnacle of his achievement was to be appointed clockmaker, or Horloger Ordinaire du Roi, to King Louis XV in 1739.

He carried out his business from premises in the rue du Harlay until his death in 1759. His son Pierre (1717 - 1785), a brilliant clock-maker in his own right, carried on the business until the early 1780s.

Examples of his work can be found in many major museums around the world, including the Louvre, Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.