Watch Data
Gold Repeating Chronograph Observatory Chronometer no. Unknown
Case: gold cuvette engraved with maker's signature and details of the movement, further engraved avec Bulletin de 1ere Classe de l'Observatoire de Geneve, 58mm
Dial: white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, four subsidiary dials indicating months calibrated for leap year, date, day of week, and moon phases combined with constant seconds and ages of the moon
Movement: highly jeweled nickel lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, slide repeat, bi-metallic compensation balance, polished steel hairspring
Provenance:
18?? - Haas Neveux, Geneve
1??? - Observatoire de Geneve
2005 - Sotheby's, 5 Dec 2005, est $25-35,000, SOLD $26,400, "a gold hunter cased minute repeating perpetual calendar chronograph watch with moon phases, Haas Neveux & Co., Genève & Paris, circa 1900
18k, highly jeweled nickel lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, slide repeat, bi-metallic compensation balance, polished steel hairspring, gold cuvette engraved with maker's signature and details of the movement, further engraved avec Bulletin de 1ere Classe de l'Observatoire de Geneve, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, four subsidiary dials indicating months calibrated for leap year, date, day of week, and moon phases combined with constant seconds and ages of the moon, polished case, cuvette signed, case stamped B.H.J. & Co., (B. Haas Jeune & Cie.)
diameter 58mm" |
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