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Geneva, Dec 08, 2022

LOT 122

Havila Watch Co.
Art Deco pocket watch; “Chronomètre de precision”; 14K yellow gold

CHF 1,500 - 3,000

EUR 1,550 - 3,100 / USD 1,600 - 3,200 / HKD 12,500 - 24,900

14K yellow gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, Art Deco pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6.

Cover and case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with vertical geometric patterns, with, on the cover, an escutcheon with the cypher “G V”.

Gilded colour metallic dial, with suspended applied Arabic numerals; blued steel “Lozenge” hands.

Movement 18’’’, rhodium-plated, going barrel, gold screwed-chatons (setting), straight-line lever escapement, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw.


Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3-8*

Good

Slightly scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Havila Watch Co., Geneva

Model “Chronomètre de precision”

Year circa 1930

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 100 534

Material 14K yellow gold

Diameter 53.9 mm.

Caliber 18’’’, straight-line lever escapement

Weight 90.4 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial, case and movement