Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

LOT 341

Haas Neveux & Co., Genève, Paris, No. 192 87, circa 1900.Very fine rare and small 18K gold keyless astro-nomical triple complication watch with minute repeti-tion, split-seconds chronograph with 30-minute register,phases of the moon and perpetual calendar.

C. Four-body, "bassine", back with a champlevé crown under initials M.B.T., gold hinged cuvette. D. White ena-mel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track with five-minute gold Arabic markers, outermost fifth second scale Arabic markers (0-300), four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date, months of the four-year leap cycle concentric with minute register, and subsidiary seconds with phases of the moon aperture. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 36 mm. (16'''), nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration,39 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band, punched with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 45 mm.