28,750 CHF
HAAS NEVEUX PLATINUM MINUTE REPEATING & PERPETUAL CALENDAR Haas Neveux & Cie, Genève, No. 20506. Made circa 1920. Very fine, rare and elegant, minute-repeating, platinum and yellow gold keyless dress watch with perpetual calendar. Three-body, "bassine pincee" polished, brushed back with inlaid yellow gold concentric monogram, correctors in the band. Matte silver, black champleve Paris numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, days of the week, date and months with four-year indication, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel Breguet hands. 17''', rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, stamped twice with the seal of Geneva quality mark, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Notes Dial signed, case and movement numbered. DIAM. 47 mm. HAAS NEVEUX Founded in 1848 by Benjamin Haas, later becoming known as Haas Neveux & Cie, it is one of the oldest Swiss watch manufacturers. The Haas signature has always been one of the most sought after, thanks to the impeccable standards of the company. Among their most notable creations was the first ultra thin watch, launched at the end of the 19th century. Haas gained a reputation as a manufacturer of fine chronometers, chronographs, and highly complicated watches. Watches with minute repeating and perpetual calendar are rarely found with a platinum case. The
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-11-10
