Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 193

HAAS NEVEUX PLATINUM MINUTE REPEATING & PERPETUAL CALENDAR Haas Neveux & Cie, Genève, No. 20506. Made circa 1920. Very fine, rare and elegant, minute-repeating, platinum and yellow gold keyless dress watch with perpetual calendar.

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

HKD 205,000 - 290,000 / USD 26,500 - 38,000

Sold: CHF 28,750

Three-body, "bassine pincee" polished, brushed back with inlaid yellow gold concentric monogram, correctors in the band. Matte silver, black champleve Paris numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, days of the week, date and months with four-year indication, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel Breguet hands. 17''', rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, stamped twice with the seal of Geneva quality mark, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-10-01

Good

Patinated

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial signed, case and movement numbered. DIAM. 47 mm. HAAS NEVEUX Founded in 1848 by Benjamin Haas, later becoming known as Haas Neveux & Cie, it is one of the oldest Swiss watch manufacturers. The Haas signature has always been one of the most sought after, thanks to the impeccable standards of the company. Among their most notable creations was the first ultra thin watch, launched at the end of the 19th century. Haas gained a reputation as a manufacturer of fine chronometers, chronographs, and highly complicated watches. Watches with minute repeating and perpetual calendar are rarely found with a platinum case. The present watch is of very high quality as would be expected from Haas Neveux, the movement bears the poinçon de Geneve confirming that it gained chronometer accreditation. The elegant appearance of this watch is very similar to those also made by Audemars Piguet in the same period.