Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 275

"Double-Dialed" B. Haas Jne & Cie, Genève - Paris, No. 014155. Made for the South American market, circa 1890. Fine and rare, 18K gold hunting-cased, double-dialed, astronomic pocket watch with moon phases, triple date calendar, called "independent perpetual calendar" by the maker. To be sold without reserve

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

EUR 7,500 - 9,000 / USD 10,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 33,040

C. Three-body, massive, "bassine et filets", the spring-loaded front cover chased with foliage, the spring-loaded back decorated en suite and engraved inside: "Quantièmes Perpétuels Indépendants - Phases de Lune". D. White enamel on the front with radial Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds, large inner moon phase aperture. Blued steel "spade" hands. White enamel on the rear dial with black Arabic chapter on the border for the dates, small black subsidiary inner chapter rings for days of the week and months. M. 44.7 mm 18''', nickel-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, gold wheel train,18 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the calendar dial, case stamped with maker's mark. Diam. 53.5 mm. Property of a Swiss Gentleman


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Haas - B. Jeune & Cie. (1870-circa 1885). Paris, Genève, Besançon. Very high quality watchmaking, simple and complicated watches. Haas Neveux & Cie., in Geneva, is one of the oldest manufactures of Switzerland. The firm Haas Neveux & Cie. succeeded to the firm B. Haas Jne which was created in1848. Haas Neveux & Cie. created the extra-flat watch with winding mechanism, provoking a revolution in watchmaking. The firm sought to make their watches more elegant, by making them flatter. At the Geneva Exhibition of 1896, they exhibited the firt extra-flat watch, with a movement only two millimeters thick. While they devoted a great deal of attention to the decoration of their watches, in the form of pendants, bracelets, rings, etc., Haas Neveux & Cie. always remained at the forefront of the making of high-precision chronometers, obtaining prizes at the competition of the Geneva Observatory. In this contest, one of its chronometers won 879 points, a result that was never again attained until 1925, and remains the world record for adjstment. Since its foundation, Haas Neveux & Cie. took part in all the international exhibitions and won the highest prizes. "Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois" by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998. This watch is published in the book of the Ruscitti Collection as no. 64 and was sold previously by Antiquorum, Hong Kong, June 8, 2002, lot 65