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Silver Watch no. 89004
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Case: Silver, rear cover engraved & engine turned, hinged cuvette signed "B. Haas Jne. & Co., Paris Besancon Geneva, Fabrique specialement pour, A. Gilliess & Cie., 31 Rue St. Lazare Paris", case no. 89004, stamped with crab hallmark [for 0.800 silver France 1838 onwards with a VW letter at it's tail for Besancon] & casemakers mark "GF" in a diamond, 36mm diameter, crystal 32.8mm.
Dial: White enamel, Roman numerals, gold Louis XV hands, red outer five-minute numerals, unsigned. Movement: Frosted gilt movement, plain brass balance with flat blued steel balance spring, cylinder escapement, keywound, hanging mainspring barrel, unsigned, numbered "89004" under dial, male Geneva stop work piece missing, fourth wheel lower jewel cracked 0.19mm pivot, mainspring broken 1.2x0.13x400mm. Provenance: 18?? - Haas Neveux, Geneve 18?? - A. Gilliess, Paris 2020 - ebay #312991489834, £19.64, Germany, Feb 2020 2020 - Private collection, 4 Mar 2020, fully serviced, new mainspring, new jewel, new Geneva stopwork piece made, new crystal. See also http://hallmarkwiki.com/?country=France |
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