Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Dec 06, 2000

LOT 67

Haas Neveux & Co., Genève, No. 70299, circa 1920.Fine and very rare, 18K gold and enamel, Art Deco keyless dress watch.

USD 5,000 - 5,500

C. Three piece, solid, knife edge with black enamelled band, the bezel with pink and green floral decoration over a black ground, the back decorated en suite with subsidiary ramolayé decoration over a black back ground. D. matte silver with applied gold Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. 'Breguet' gold hands. M. 16 1/2''', rhodium plated, 'fausses côtes' decoration, Geneva Quality Hallmark, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Dial signed, trademark on the case.Diam. 51 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 4-3-6

Fair

Good

Slightly oxidized
Movement: 4-5*

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Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 4-5-23-01

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Later

HANDS Original

Notes

The Geneva Quality Hallmark was established on November 6, 1886. Awarded by the Geneva Observatory, it was equivalent to Bulletin Officiel de Marche and qualified timepieces to be officially termed 'chronometers'.