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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 296

Benjamin Haas, Geneva, Paris, No. 3739, circa 1880. Fine 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch wound by closing the front cover.

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

USD 3,000 - 4,200

Sold: CHF 5,980

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine turned with monogrammed front, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute gold dot divisions with five-minute blue Arabic figures, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 41mm. (18???), nickel, damascened in circular pattern, 18 jewels, straight line ?moustache? lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, wound via a small lever attached to the block of the front hinge by closing the lid. Diam. 51mm.


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Grade: A

Good
Case: 3-14

Good

Damaged
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The watch utilizes a winding system patented by Benjamin Haas of Haas Neveux & Cie. (English patent 3945 of Dec 2, 1873) for a mechanism wound by closing the front lid.