Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Nov 25, 2006

LOT 35

?Very Thin Enamel & Diamonds? Attributed to Haas Neveux & Cie, Genève, No. 49594. Made for Dreicer & Co., (New York), circa 1910. Very fine, very thin and elegant, 18K gold, enamel and rosecut diamond-set keyless dress watch with a platinum and enamel long chain.

HKD 35,000 - 45,000

USD 4,500 - 5,800 / EUR 3,600 - 4,600

Sold: HKD 42,480

C. Three-body, ?bassine?, the back cover overlaid with translucent Royal blue enamel over an engine-turned ground, the center with an applied platinum and rose-cut diamond-set motif, bezel decorated to match with white line border and bow. D. Matte silvered, black Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 17???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-cotes? decoration, ?Extra Adjusted?, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, index regulator. Diam. 48 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Haas Neveux & Cie. created the elegant extra-flat watch with winding mechanism. At the Geneva Exhibition of 1896, they exhibited the first extra-flat watch, with a movement only two millimeters thick. ?Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.