10,350 CHF
Haas Neveux & Co. , Genève, No. 70299, circa 1920. Fine and very rare 18K gold and enamel Art Deco keyless dress watch. Three piece, massive, knife edge with black enameled band, back decorated with ramolayé floral and foliate decoration over a black ground, the bezel with pink and green floral decoration over a black ground. Silver matte with applied gold Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold Breguet hands. Notes The Seal of Geneva quality mark is a trademark of the Office of Geneva Control of Watches. It was established on ovember 6, 1886 and amended several times, with the largest change incorporated on December 10, 1955. Its function was the voluntary control of watches made in the Canton of Geneva. Paragraph 3 of the statute states that the watches awarded the Seal of Geneva quality mark must "after examination have proved to have a perfect mechanism to ensure regular and durable functioning".
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-14
